This is an analysis of the poem Lonely Burial that begins with:

There were not many at that lonely place,
Where two scourged hills met in a little plain. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdXd dXdXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011011101 1111100101 0111011101 1111010001 01110010101 0111010111 10110011000 1101010111 0101110101 0111000111 1101110101 011100100 1101111001 010010000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; in is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Lonely Burial;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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