This is an analysis of the poem Laus Mortis that begins with:

I bring to thee, for love, white roses, delicate Death!
White lilies of the valley, dropping gently tears,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcbddbeffebggbhiihbffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101001 110001010101 01100010010 0101010100101 11011110101111 0111001111101 111111111111 1011110011101 110001100101 1100010101 1111000010101 0111001010101 110100110111 1111010101001 111111011011 110101110111 1111010101010 1101001111100 010101010101 1101011111110 101111110111 111101110101 111011101111 1011001010111 111101111101 110111110100 11110101101011 110001111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1463
  • Average number of words per stanza: 263
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; white, hands, flowers, i, dreams, of, thee, and, having, that, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, my are repeated.

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

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

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