This is an analysis of the poem At The Grave Of A Spanish Friend that begins with:

Here lies who of two mighty realms was free;
The English-Spaniard, who lived England's good... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbaXXcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110110111 0101011100 0101010001 1101110100 10011001001 11011000101 1101111011 0111111101 1111001101 11110101100 11011101110 0101110101 11010101001 10010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 613
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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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