This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam that begins with:
GROWING to full manhood now,
With the care-lines on our brow,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aABXcXCddeeXffggdXdhhiiXddddjXjiiddXddaABXXcCddXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111 0011111 10100010 01101000 111011 1 1010111 10011111 011111001 1110101 1010100 1 11111110 10111110 0010001 1010101 1010111 1 111101001 1010101 10110111 111110101 10101011 1 10001111 10100111 1010111 10101001 1011111 1 10011111 10101111 10101111 1111111 1001111 1 1011111 0011011 1001111 0011111 10100010 1 01101000 1110111 1010111 1010101 1010101 1 1111111 111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1425
- Average number of words per stanza: 256
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of In Memoriam;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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