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

I lift my heavy heart up solemnly,
As once Electra her sepulchral urn,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccbbadedede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111011100 1101001001 1100111101 0101110111 1011011101 1101110101 10101001101 1101010100 0101011001 1101110101 0111110111 1101001111 11010101111 0101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 592
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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