This is an analysis of the poem All That I Owe The Fellows Of The Grave that begins with:

All that I owe the fellows of the grave
And all the dead bequeathed from pale estates...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbdcd XefXffXXXbce fcXaXdGagG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010001 1101010101 10010010101 1101010101 11110101010 1101110111 1101110111 1101111101 1001011111 1101110101 1001010101 0101000101 1101001101 0101110101 1101110111 0101110111 0101010101 0110010101 1101110011 1111011001 111101010010 1101010001 1111110101 1101100001 1111110011 1111010101 1111010001 1111010101 1111010101 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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

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

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  • summary of All That I Owe The Fellows Of The Grave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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