This is an analysis of the poem The Memorial Pillar that begins with:

Hast thou thro' Eden's wild-wood vales, pursued
Each mountain-scene, magnificently rude, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabc cdcdbb efefdd fefeXX gagahh dcdcaa igXgXX cecejj kdkdff iaiabbXgigiee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011101 1101010001 1010010101 1101110111 11010101010 0101000101010 10111101 110001 10010100 1101101 1111001010 101010110 01010101 011101 11110111 0100101 110010101 11100001 11110101 111101 11010111 011101 01110101 10010101 11110101 10111001 101101001 110101 10010011 00111101 111100111 0110001 01011100 0101001 11111111 10011101 11110111 111111 110100110 011111 01011101 11111100 11011101 110111 01110101 0100111 11010111 010101001 11110101 0101001 11111111 010111 11001101 01010101 11111101 001001 10010101 100101 010101110 110011010 1101111 011101 010011101 111101 10110111 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Memorial Pillar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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