This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Marie Toro that begins with:

We're taking Marie Toro to her home in Père-La-Chaise;
We're taking Marie Toro to her last resting-place....

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeecc aeaefcfcXfX fghgXcecXibibififeded djdXXakabhbhieiefX edeXcXieiXididjX kdXdfXfd dcdcaaXkkcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,21,18,16,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110001010011 1100110001101 01010101110101 01010101010101 0101110101101 01100101110101 01011101110101 11010101110101 01011111010101 11110101101101 10111101110101 110010100110101 111101010111101 0101010101000001 11110101010101 11010011011101 11010111010101 11111101010101 110101111101001 11010101010101 11111101000111 11010101111101 11100101010111 111100101110001 110100111010111 0101011111111100 11011101110101 10101110111110101 01010101001011 110111010101110 111111001110101 11110100010111 01010101010011 011101001010101 11011111010111 11000101010001 11111101110101 11110111010101 01110101010101 11110001010111 10111101110101 10110101110001 11111101110101 11010101011101 01011101111001 01010100010101 01010001010110 11111101010101 01010101011101 01010001110101 11100101111001 11000111010101 010100101011101 01010101010001 11111001111101 10111111111001101 11010101111101 1010111011110101 11110111101011101 101101011101010 100101100110101 110011111010101 01010101010101 010001110111010 1001011110001011 1010111010101110 11001101010101 100110101111111 11111101011101 111100111101011 101001110111010101 100111010110101 11011101111101 11110101111101 11110101111101 011111011111110 11110101111111 11010101110101 110111010100010 01010010010111 01010101011101 001101000010110 110101000101101 01010100111001 11111101110001 11010101101101 11110101011111 11010101010101 11111111011101 01000101010001 01011111111001 10101010011110101 11010111110101 01110101010101 11010101011101 10110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 744
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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; her, she, of, and, yet, in, his, i've, i, follow are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we're, a, and, oh, i've, she, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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