This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph (For Arnhem) that begins with:
From sky to earth for Liberty I fell.
I fought. I won my wings again. Farewell....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101110011 1111110111 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 3
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Epitaph (For Arnhem);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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