This is an analysis of the poem Eternal Rest that begins with:

When the impatient spirit leaves behind
The clogging hours and makes no dear delay ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdacda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010101 01010111101 0101010111 0101111111 0110001001 0101010101 1111110101 01010110101 11011101001 1111111101 1110000111 1111011111 11010111101 01110100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, not are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rest connects the lines.

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

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