This is an analysis of the poem Rondel that begins with:

I follow, tottering, in the funeral train
That bears my body to the welcoming grave....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba abab abbXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110100001001 11110001001 1111110101 1111110101 0100010101 0111110101 11010001001 1101000101 1100010101 1101111111 1101000101 11011111110 11010011001 100100001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; that, to are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word grave at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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