This is an analysis of the poem The Glories Of The Present that begins with:
WHAT of the glories after death,
When this frail form gives up its breath?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcccc ddeecXff ggddhhii ddddaajj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 10111101 11110101 01010111 11000111 1101101001 10111111 01011111 00011101 01011001 11110111 10010101 11010111 11111100 11111110 01011111 10010111 01111101 11111101 11101101 111100101 10110111 1101010010 110011010 00110101 11110111 11010111 10010001 11111101 11011111 01111111 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
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- summary of The Glories Of The Present;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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