This is an analysis of the poem The Executor that begins with:

A Greedy Heir long waited to fulfill,
As his Executor, a Kinsman's Will; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbccddeeffgghhddiiigg ecjjhhiigghhggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110001 1001000100 10010101010 0001001101 1101101000101 1111010101 1011010101 1001110001 1101010101 1001110111 11111100101 0101011101 01110011101 1101010101 1111000011 1101010101 1101010101 0101110101 1101010101 11111100101 1001110101 110101010101 0101110101 0101010011 0111010101 11101010101 11111100101 0011100101 1011011101 0111010101 1101110111 1001011101 1011110101 1100011001 1101101001 0101100101 0011010101 1111110101 1101101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 873
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; his, to 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 The Executor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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