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

To her who, cast with me in trying days,
Stood in the place of health and power and praise;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffbbggee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0011010101 10010111011 1111111101 0101111101 1111110101 1101010101 1101010101 110010101001 1101010101 0101101101 0011111101 01011010101 1101010101 0101110001 0101110101 0111000100 1011010001 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 787
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; her is repeated.

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

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