This is an analysis of the poem Weary that begins with:

Here, in the silent churchyard, 'mid a thousand dead, alone,
Weary I sit for a moment clasping this cross of stone,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddaa XXeeddffdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10010111010101 10111010100101 10010100100111 110101111111101 10010101010101 01111101110101 011101110100111 00101001110111101 110010111101101 0110111011101101 01010101101101 1100010110111001 1100101101101001 1100101000111000 11011110111111 11101101011111111 110111011111111 110010101101111 110011011011101 11001011001101001 100101001001101 1101011111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 715
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, that, i, my are repeated.

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

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

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