This is an analysis of the poem The Resting-Place that begins with:

“Because I live, ye shall live also.”
Calmly the Paschal moonlight now is sleeping... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdd efefgh XiXijj kbkbll igigcc iiiimm bcbchh enenll aoaock bpbpiiXicikll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011111110 10010111010 1101011111 11110101010 1111000111 11010101111 10001010101 10010101010 1101001101 01011101110 1011110011 1111010101 1011000101 1011110110 0111010101 1100110010 01001001101 10001010111 1111000111 011111001010 0101010111 01010001010 0101010101 0111010101 1111010101 1111101010 11010011101 01011101010 1111011101 0101111111 0101010111 10011111010 10010010011 1001011110 00110011111 110101001001 1001001101 10010111010 01001110101 01111101010 01010010101 1111110101 1101011101 111111110110 11111101001 111101101110 1111101101 1101011101 1111011101 11101110110 01010100101 11011101010 1111011111 1111111101 01011110100 11010111010 0011110111 010101010010 1101110101 1111010101 1111010101 10110001010 1101010101 11011101010 10110010100 11111100101 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, that, in, and, its are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words after, that, dost are repeated.

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  • summary of The Resting-Place;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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