This is an analysis of the poem Upon A Dying Lady that begins with:

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Her Courtesy... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdcdefef Xgghghchcigig Xjjgjgbgbgiaia XakakaiaiX acjkjkicicfjXj aXckckejeljl Xabeaeakakcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,13,14,10,14,12,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0100 00110010101 1101010101111 1011011010001 1111110110101 111111011101 010101111100 101101010101 100110100100 1 1010101110 111101 011001110 00111100 1011010 010101 0111110 101101 1001010 1010101 111001110 1111111 1 110110001 010101010100 1101111100101 1111111101 10010101100 010110111001010 1110101010011 01010100110010 010101011111 101100010101 0101111100101 111101010101 1111101010101 1 0101 1010101 110001 100011 010101 101111 0100111 110111 101101 1 01 1111010 110101 1101010 100110 1101010 1111001 1110010 1001 1110110 110100 0011010 110101 1 010 101100110101 1111110010111 010101101101 011101000101 110100011101 110101111100 100111100101 111001010101 110100111101 1110111000101 1 01100101 101100 011101 110011 111111 110111 1111001 110111 100101 100101 100101 110011 000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, she, or, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, amid are repeated.

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