This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam — Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse that begins with:

SHALL he, on whom the fair lord, Delphicus,
Turned gracious eyes and countenance of shine,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdcd eaea fafa gcXc chch ihih jcjc aiai Xkbk kjkjXgkgk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011100 1101110001 0101010101 01010100101 1101010101 1111001101 11011100101 0101110101 1111110011 11111100011 1101000111 1101110101 11010001001 1101110101 0101000101 1111110101 1110011101 1011010111 0101011100 1111010001 0101111101 01100111101 1101000100 11010010001 1101010101 1111110101 0101010101 0101010101 0101110101 1101010101 11010100111 11010010101 1101110101 11110010111 0101000100 1111010101 11110001000 1101111101 1101010101 11101100001 0100111111 11011110101 110101001 1101110001 1111110011 1101010101 1111010001 010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; and, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no are repeated.

    The author used the same word shall at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of In Memoriam — Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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