This is an analysis of the poem Our Mountain Cemetery that begins with:

Lonely and silent and calm it lies
’Neath rosy dawn or midnight skies;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeXff ggffhh aaiiff jjkkhh hhllefe llhhllXhhaaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101101 11011111 11010111 010010101 01011101 01010101 110100101 010101001 0101100101 01110101 11010011 01011101 110011011 1010101101 11111101 01110111 01110101 01010001 11111101 11010111 11010101 10011101 11110101 10011111 11110001 10110111 11110011 10011001 11011111 01111001 10011101 10011101 11010101 110101011 11010111 11101 10111 11011101 11010111 11010110 11000111 01001111 010100101 11110001 11010101 0100111001 10100101 10110101 111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; for is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Our Mountain Cemetery;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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