This is an analysis of the poem Lois Spears that begins with:

Here lies the body of Lois Spears,
Born Lois Fluke, daughter of Willard Fluke,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaaXbXaXXabcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 1101100101 10101 100101101 10011111 1111 110100010 11101110 101111 11011 0101011010100 1110101 101010 01101111 1110101101 10010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 509
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, spears, as are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines spears is repeated).

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

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