This is an analysis of the poem On A Grave In The Forest that begins with:

Hush, gentle stranger. Here lies one asleep
In the tall grass whom we must not awaken.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabacdecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011101 00111111010 1101011111 10101101010 11111101010 1011100011 11110101010 1011101101 1101011101 0011110111 1111110101 0111010111 01001001111 01001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 601
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, she are repeated.

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