This is an analysis of the poem Extreme Unction that begins with:
Upon the eyes, the lips, the feet,
On all the passages of sense,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fXfX gdgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 11010001 010010101 01001100 01110111 010101101 01101101 11001111 01011111 010111001 11010111 11101101 10010101 11111111 11110011 0101100 11010111 011100110 11110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Extreme Unction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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