This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The Death Of Julia that begins with:

Accept, bright spirit, reft in life's best bloom
This votive wreath to thy untimely tomb.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111010111 0101010101 1001111101 01011010101 1101011101 1111111100 0111011101 1101010101 11110100101 1100111101 11110101101 0111110111 1101011101 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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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