This is an analysis of the poem The Dead To Clemenceau: that begins with:

NOVEMBER, 1929
Come (we say) Clemenceau....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXb acd dXe XbX ded cXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 111100 11111011001011 111010111110 11101110 101011011001001110 111010111011 111011 110101111011011 100100101011 11010011 0111001000111000 1001110010101 1010111 1101101110101110 101011011010 1100101 11001011101010011 101111110001 11001001 111011111110101 100100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; here, you, your are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines here is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Dead To Clemenceau:;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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