This is an analysis of the poem At A Funeral that begins with:
I loved her too, this woman who is dead.
Look in my face. I have a right to go... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fgfg hfhf icic jkjk bjbj lele aiai lcmc lele nana lhmh kaka fffe omol cXca jjjj amal ojoj eheh cacaXjgjg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 1011110101 1101111101 0101 1101111100 1101010101 1011100111 1111 1101011101 1111110101 1101101101 1011 1101110001 1111011111 1101110101 0101 0111010011 11010100101 1101010101 1100 1111010111 1001011101 1101011101 1111 11011110010 1111011011 11111110010 011 1111011101 0100111101 1111010111 1111 1111010111 1111010011 1101110101 1001 1101010101 0101011001 1101010101 0101 1111011010 1111011111 1111110100 1111 1111001011 0101111011 0101010101 0110 0101010111 1111011111 1111011011 0111 0101110110 0100110011 0111110100 1011 1111010101 1111010111 1111010011 1111 0101010001 1111010101 1101111101 0111 0111111101 0111010100 1111111101 0111 0100111011 1011000110 0111110111 1111 0111111101 1101111101 0111110001 0111 0111111101 0101010100 1111110001 1111 1101010101 1011010101 1101011101 1111 1101110101 1111010101 1110010011 1101 1101010101 1001011111 1111011101 0111 0101010001 11110011111 1101000101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, for, that, and, you, if, could are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, the, if are repeated.
The author used the same words i, yet, if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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