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

O ye who claim to be our loyal friends
Come now and build for us a funeral pyre,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaXbacdceed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111001101 111111010010 11110101010 1111101110 1101110101 1111110101 11010101010 1101011101 1111010101 1011110011 0100110101 1101111101 1111110101 0101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 562
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; our, and are repeated.

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

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

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