This is an analysis of the poem Death Of A Believer that begins with:

Yet at the last, ere our spearmen had found him,
Yet at the last, ere a sword-thrust could save,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011110111 1101101111 11010010011 11001101001 11011010111 10110111010 11011010111 11110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yet, last, at are repeated.

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

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