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

Hard by an excavated street one sat
In solitary session on the sand;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc XXdeff gbgbaa ababbb bdbdff beXedd ehehii ejejhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010111 0101010101 1101101111 1101010101 0111010101 0101011101 1110111110 11100111 0011110101 0001011111 1011011101 01001010101 1101010101 1010011111 0111010101 1100110001 1111110011 1101011111 1101111101 1111010101 011110101 11001011011 1001011101 0101010001 111110111 1110110101 1111000011 01010100001 11010101101 111010101 1101110111 11010011001 1111111110 1001111101 1101001101 1101011111 111111001 1100010101 0111010101 11011110101 1101111111 0111000111 1111011111 1101011101 1101110101 1101110111 110111101 1101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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