This is an analysis of the poem Sixteen Dead Men that begins with:
Hark! in the still night. Who goes there ?
“Fifteen dead men' Why do they wait ?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bXbX bXbX cXcX dXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111 01111111 10111011 111101011 01111111 010101111 1111111101 10110110010 01111111 1011011010 1111011111 1001010101 01111111 0111001101 1111011111 111101011 01111101 1111011011 11110111101 10100011011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, they are repeated.
The author used the same word sixteen at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Sixteen Dead Men;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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