This is an analysis of the poem A Memorial that begins with:
Oh, thicker, deeper, darker growing,
The solemn vista to the tomb... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dede afaf dbgb haXa hgdg hiai jddd ihXh kjkj jjaj Xede jdld XXad leXe dgag gglg XiiiXcbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101010 01010001 111101011 11010101 010101010 11110101 1101101010 11110101 101111110 01010111 110101110 11011101 110101110 01010101 110111101 11110101 010111110 11010101 110111010 11111111 1111010010 11001001 1100001010 11110101 111100010 01110101 110101010 11110101 110111111 010011101 011101110 10011101 011101110 11010001 010101010 11010101 1010101110 01010101 010111110 11001101 111101011 01010111 111101010 01110101 110101100 01011101 010100010 01010101 011101110 010101001 111111010 11010101 110111010 01011101 111101010 01011111 101111010 110100110 1101010010 11000101 110111010 11011101 0100101010 010100101 110111011 01111111 110101010 11010011 100101000 10110101 110101010 11110111 111001111 01110111 011101010 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 76
- 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; our, and, of, green are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, thine are repeated.
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- summary of A Memorial;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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