This is an analysis of the poem Iv. The Dead that begins with:
These hearts were woven of human joys and cares,
Washed marvellously with sorrow, swift to mirth.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX ddefef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010010111 11000010101 00110010111 1111010001 1111011101 10110111010 1011010101 110111110010 111011101010 11101111110 1001010111 110010001101 01010010100 0101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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