This is an analysis of the poem Low In The Grave He Lay that begins with:

Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior,
Waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCCDDCC ab CCDDc abXCCDDCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110110 1001011011 1001101 0010101001 10101000101 11101000101 101101 1010101 10110110110 1011011011 1001101 0010101001 10101000101 11101000101 1011011010101 11010110110 1101011011 1001101 0010101001 10101000101 11101000101 101101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, arose are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word vainly is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines arose is repeated).

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