This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Suicide that begins with:

Deeming that I were better dead,
"How shall I kill myself?" I said....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddee ffccgghh iiaaaajj kkbbccll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 1011110011 110101010 11010011 11011101 01011101 11110101 11110111 01111111 010101101 010101010 110101010 11111101 110010101 11111111 11010011 111110010 010111010 01110111 01010111 01001111 11110011 01100101 11110101 111111010 010101110 110100110 010101010 11000101 10110111 111110010 110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Song Of Suicide;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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