This is an analysis of the poem To The Memory Of Heber that begins with:
If it be sad to speak of treasures gone,
Of sainted genius call'd too soon away,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdcc efefgg hchcaa cicicc X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0001010101 0101011101 0100110101 1101000011 1111010110 1111010111 1111010111 11110100110 11110101001 10111101010 1011110111 01010110101 1111100101 1101011001 0011110101 11110010101 1111110101 01111111001 11110101011 1101010001 1101011101 1001110111 0111000101 11001011111 11111101001 0111110111 1111010101 0111000100 11011100001 1101100101 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
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- summary of To The Memory Of Heber;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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