This is an analysis of the poem Death's Way that begins with:

Old Man Death's a lousy heel who will not play the game:
Let Graveyard yawn and doom down crash, he'll sneer and turn away....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX efef gggX bXbX fgfg gdgX XeXge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101101101 11111111111101 11010101110101 11111100110101 1011110100100101 11111011010110 1010100101111101 010100100001010000 110100101110101 11011111111101 111111001010101 11111111100101 11111101110101 110101010100101 110011010010101 11101010111111000 1111101011101 11110001100111010 11010100110101 11010101010011 11010101110101 110101010111001 11010111011001 110001000110111 11110111111101 11110101010110 110101110101 1111010011010000 1011101101110111 11010111111101 1001101111110110 11111111 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, to, we are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Death's Way;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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