This is an analysis of the poem Members Or Masons that begins with:

Oh, his hair was a white as the snow that we tread,
With a little black cap on the back of his head, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaa eeffggccaa aacchhiiaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101101101111 001011101001 111001111001 101001101001 111001111001 111011101101 111111011011 001101101101 001101011001 11011011101 101011101011 111101011101 100111111001 111101111011 10001001001 101011101001 101001101101 001100101011 111011101101 11011001101 100001111001 100001111101 111101101101 001001101001 100111001001 101111101111 101011101011 011011011011 111001111101 11011001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, and, it, that, in, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word find at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Members Or Masons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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