This is an analysis of the poem Monody that begins with:
To have known him, to have loved him
After loneness long;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXa XbXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110111 101001 11000101 110001 11110101 11010111 11010101 010111 110010111 010111 11010101 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Monody;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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