This is an analysis of the poem The Gravedigger that begins with:
OH, the shambling sea is a sexton old,
And well his work is done.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb DEDECEBE efaX eghX ibjb iaga dXja hklk fbab Xidi ljXjXDEDECEBE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010100101 110101 011011111 11001001 111100101 1110101 111110101 0110101 111110101 1100001 10001000 100001 1010110101 111111 001111101 0010101 110010101 1010101 1010111101 1110110 1010101001 0010001 111100101 1100111 11111111 010111 11111101 0100101 11100100111 11001010 00101001001 1100101 110100101 10100101 1100100101 111101 111110101 1101110 111110101 1011110 111100101 1100101 110110111 110111 110011101 0100101 0010100101 1100111 111100101 1110101 111110101 0110101 111110101 1100001 10001000 100001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; them, shoulder, in, they, ships, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words shoulder, he are repeated.
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- summary of The Gravedigger;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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