This is an analysis of the poem Inscription For A Gravestone that begins with:

I am not dead, I have only become inhuman:
That is to say,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadeXcaXXXcdbffXaXXeXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111001010 1001 01110100110100 11101 1000100111111 10101 010010011110100 01010 101101111101 101010 10001010101000 11001 11010001011 110011 11010101011 1010010 1111011110010 110001 10101110110010 11110 1011010100100 101001 1101010101001 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 839
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

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

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