This is an analysis of the poem Cromwell that begins with:
SAY not to me:
'Cromwell, thou diest.' Save thy timid breath....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccddX ecfcXcdgd ehaedXijdidedhkk jhXXe ejjcXXXhghkkfbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,16,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101 101111101 11011101001 1101111101 1101010101 1101011111 1011110101 0111010111 1101111101 1101010101 1001001111 0101110101 1101001101 1111111101 0111110111 010101 1101 0101011111 1111111011 10101010101 11010011011 01011101010 01010011101 1101011100 1101001011 0101000101 1100011101 0110010111 0101001101 1101010101 111111111 1111010111 1101010101 1101011101 0101110100 1101010101 1101 010101 1101110101 1001101011 1100010000 1111111100 1011110101 1111011101 1101110101 1111011101 1111111101 1100010101 1101010111 0101010111 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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, with, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
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- summary of Cromwell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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