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

The ghost of Winter stalks amidst the boughs
Of Spring and drags along his icy shroud ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabadXdcXbcbefXfecceghhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 00111010101 0110101010 1 1101110101 1101110101 11011100101 1100000101 11110011101 1100010001 111101100 1 1101010101 11001010101 01010100101 0110010101 1101010110 1101010101 0101010011 01010100111 0100010110 1101010101 1111100011 1011001101 1011110111 10010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1073
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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