This is an analysis of the poem ‘When all the others were away at Mass' that begins with:
[from Clearances in memoriam M.K.H., 1911-1984]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X XabbXXaa cddcaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,8,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000100111 1 1101000111 1110111010 1101011111 110101010010 1101011101 1000100110 10111101010 011011110110 1101011011 110111011010 1100101110 10100110111 0101110101 1010011011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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