This is an analysis of the poem Among The Tombs that begins with:

She is a lady fair and wise,
Her heart her counsel keeps,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaBB cbcbcBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10010111 010101 11110111 111101 11110101 11001 11001 111101001 0100111 11011101 010101 11011101 11001 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sleeps is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word sleeps at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Among The Tombs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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