This is an analysis of the poem Bill's Grave that begins with:
I'm gatherin' flowers by the wayside to lay on the grave of Bill;
I've sneaked away from the billet, 'cause Jim wouldn't understand;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd bebX fefe gcgc hihi aXaX jkjk bXbi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001010110110101 110100100110101 111010101110111 0111001110110011 111111111111101 110110100110111 111010101110101 110110100101011 11110111100100101 111111010101111 011001101101100101 1010010101101001 111010101101101 1110100101111111 111011010001101 1100010010100111 010100100111101 010100101111011 0110111011101101 1111011010111101001 110111101100101 11011110100111 111101101111101 1100101101001011 111101011101101 11110111011010100 11110111011100101 100101101011010000 11101001011101111 111111111010110101 111110010011110111 111111111001001 011110111001001 11101001010110100 1110101111111101 11110101110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, and, to, of, o', wot, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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