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

Remember that object we saw, dear soul,
In the sweetness of a summer morn:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb bcaX daef ghgh XffX XXff ifXh bdcb Xbgh ibeb cgccXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101111 001000101 101001010100 1010101 011101010 1011010 0110101110 010101000 011100101 10010001 11001000110 11010111 101110110 1010101 011111101 111111 1100101010 110010101 11010101 010101000 101000111101 1100011 11101100111 01010101 101110110 101010101 1010011 1001011 1101111010 011011 10010101010100 010001 01010101 111011 10001001 0101111 10011101 0010010 101110010 11101110 11110110110 1001100 111010111010 01010100 11110111010 10111010 111010111001 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; to, and, of, my, you are repeated.

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

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