Of Death & Resurrection by William Strode: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Of Death & Resurrection that begins with:

Like to the rowling of an eye,
Or like a starre shott from the skye,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccaaXXXd XXeeffggXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011 11011001 11010101 11010101 11011101 111101101 101010101 110110001 010101110 011101100 010101100 010011101 10111111 11011111 11011101 110111011 11011111 110100111 101111001 11010011 011101110 011101100 01010101 010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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; like, or are repeated.

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

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

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