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

They took dead Cromwell from his grave,
And stuck his head on high;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe ddgddddd ehdbcgcg hiXifdhd XgcgXcic icjcbiei ikjXikik gidififd ajijdfbf dbkbckck dgdggbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 110111 01011101 111111 01010111 010101 01111101 110001 11010101 0111011 11010011 110101 11011111 010011 11010101 010101 11010101 111100 01100111 110101 11010101 110101 111100101 110101 11010100 110101 11100011 110001 11110101 111101 11010100 111101 01010100 110101 01110100 010101 110011111 1100111 10101101 110001 11010100 110101 11010101 1100101 01010101 110101 111011101 010101 01000101 110101 11110101 0111100 110100010 011101 11111111 111101 11110111 110101 11010101 010111 01011101 111101 11010111 110101 11010001 011101 110101101 000101 01010111 111101 11100111 1111001 0100100101 110111 11011100 110101 11001111 010101 11100110 110101 101101001 101101 11111101 010001 11010111 110001 11011100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, his, and, he, s, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, that, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Cromwell;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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