This is an analysis of the poem My Will that begins with:
Good friends, when I am dead, bear to my grave
Our banner, freedom's flag of crimson hue,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXcb edaeead
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111111011 1101010101 1001100101 1101010101 11110010100 1001011101 0001100111 10001110111 1101001101 101111111001 1011110111 1001010111 1100010011 10011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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.
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- summary of My Will;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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