This is an analysis of the poem Death In The Woods that begins with:

When I am gone and you alone are living here still,
You'll think of me when splendid the storm is on the hill,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ccdd eebb fXff ggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111110111011 1101110010101 1011001101101 101001001011101 1101011101101 1100101100111 111101111001011 11111011111011 1111011111001 11111010111101 011010011010001 010111010111 11111110101101 1111000111001 101100101110111 0111101110101101 1110101011101001 1110010110101100 1111100101100111 1011010101101 11101111001001 1111100101001101 1111101011111011 10110110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, and, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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