This is an analysis of the poem The Burial that begins with:
THE CHANT.
'Ululu! ululu! high on the wind,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: A bbcc ddd bbcefX bbbbb A aabbccgg hhaaabX ddbbaaX XXggfff f ffffiiijeeejaaaXkkkXXeegg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,6,5,1,8,7,7,7,1,25,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 1001001101 101101111011 110010111001 001001101001 1111 01101 1111011001 1001001101 1101010101 1011010111010 110111010110 1001001101 101101001011 10111 0101 1100110101 101101101 1010111001 01 1001001101 11011011111 01011001001 01001011001 1010011010 010011010 11101111101 101001011001 1010011010110 110100110110 111001 111001 11011011001 1001001101 10010010011 1101001001 11010110011 01011011101 1011011101 1011001101 11110001011 1001001011 10110010010 10011010110 1011001011 111011111011 111011101 11011001011 101001001011 01 111111111100110101 111111111111001111 1110101110101001 010101010101001 111111110 111111010 111111010 1111 11110101 110110111 11011101 1111 11011111 01111111 11000101 11010 11010111 11010001 11111101 1101 1110110101 10011101 10111101 011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, to, ululu, they, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, ululu, like are repeated.
The poet repeated the same words ', vow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Burial;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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