This is an analysis of the poem On The Death Of Stephen Grey, F.R.S. that begins with:

The Electrician
Long hast thou borne the burden of the day,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddeeffgghhggiiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 00010 1111010001 1101010001 111111001010 01010101010 010101101101 01000110101 01111110011 1101010111 1101011101 0101010101 1101010101 0111010111 1101011111 1101000101 1101011101 11011010101 1101011101 0101010101 10001110101 1101010001 1111010101 11010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 488
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; with, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the are repeated.

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