This is an analysis of the poem Shall The Dead Praise Thee? that begins with:
I cannot praise thee. By his instrument
The master sits, and moves nor foot nor hand;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef agag ahah cici jkjk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110100 0101111111 1101010111 10100111101 11111101001 1111101101 1101010111 0101110001 1001111101 1111011011 1011111101 1100011111 1111011111 1111101111 0011010101 1001010101 11111111001 11001010111 11001110011 11001011111 1111111011 1111110111 1101111101 1011011101 1101011101 11110100101 1101010011 11000101001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; for, not, thou, every, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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