This is an analysis of The Burial Place by William Cullen Bryant.

A FRAGMENT.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbXcdabedXaaabbbXacdbfbgghfeb XhiadbbbbdihaidbihdgdXhhXhfa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,29,28,
  • Metre: 010 10011010111 1111010101 1101010001 11001011101 0111010101 01010101011 1101110111 010010101 11001010101 0101001100 01100100101 1101010101 1101010001 10110001000 1111010111 1101110101 1101111101 0101010100 11010111001 0101010101 1101000101 1001010101 1001011101 11111101001 1001110101 11010101110 1111100101 11010010101 110011110110 0101110101 1100010101 0011000100 1111010001 0001011111 1011010011 10110111110 0111100101 0111011101 1101010101 1111011101 1101111101 1100110111 01110001001 1111010101 0101010101 1101010100 1101101101 1101111001 1010010101 1001000101 0111110111 1001000101 1101010101 01011010101 11010101101 1001010111 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 59

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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