This is an analysis of the poem Resurrection that begins with:

Once more I hear the everlasting sea
Breathing beneath the mountain's fragrant...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbab cdcd eaea fbfb XgXg ecfef dhdh dfdf ijij kaka hlhl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 100101010 1 11011101 110111 11010101011 1101011111 11111101 010101 1111010101 1101110101 11011101 011111 1111010111 1101110111 11110001 101111 1111010101 0111010111 1111010111 011100 1000111110001 010101111 1 11010001011 010101 10100110001111 1101110111 1011010111 11101 01110011111 101110001001 1001000111 1010101001 10101010001 01010001001 1111010101 110101 1010111100111 0101110111 1101010001 101101 000101101001 10011101001 1101110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; risen is repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Resurrection;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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