This is an analysis of the poem The Living Lost that begins with:

Matron! the children of whose love,
Each to his grave, in youth have passed,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd efefggcc haha iibb bjbjggdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010011 10010111 11010101 010101 11110101 010101011 11010101 110100111 11110101 010100101 10011101 011101 10111101 11011101 11110100 111101101 11110101 11011101 11010111 1100111 01011101 010100011 01011101 11010111 11110101 11000101 11010101 010101 11110110 11011101 110010101 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; and, ye are repeated.

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

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