This is an analysis of the poem The Jolly Dead March that begins with:
If I ever be worthy or famous—
Which I’m sadly beginning to doubt—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXdbdeeee cfcfghgh iXIJdjdJ ihihkckcc jljlmcmcic jgjgmjmj iXIJdjdJXbdbdeeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,9,10,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110010110 111001001 1010111011 11011011 111110011 11101001 1111110011 01001011 110011111 11101001 010011010 01111001 1111110110 11011001 0010010110 01011101 111111011 11111011 111110111 01101101 111011110 01001001 1010110010 01111111 111111010 11011011 110010110 111001001 110111110 01001001 110110010 0010011001 1000111010 101111001 10011110010 101111101 110010110 11001101 1011011010 001101001 1101110101 1110010010 01001101 110110010 101011101 0100110010 101101010 1010110010 00101101 111011010 111011111 010111110 11101001 0111010010 111101001 1110010110 111101110 1010110110 01111101 110111010 11111011 110010110 111001001 1010111110 111111101 110110010 0010011001 110011010 11011101 010010110 01111001 110110110 11011001 010010110 01001101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, thump, and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thump, and, i, there are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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