This is an analysis of the poem Memorial Poem that begins with:
WRITTEN FOR THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, DECORATION DAY,1881... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bbbcdcXcee ffggeee bbcchhiieeeihihe jjkijdibilbllleeii ajjXmannjlljj bdjjoXbXjjod ddggmXjjppmjlljm eedhhdjjjjkXeelljjhhjhhhhccjhhggj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,10,7,16,18,13,12,16,33,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101011000010 1010101010101 011111 010111 1011010111 11011000100 1101 0101110111 011101 1001011101 111011 0101110101 110011 11010110111 10110001101 010101 101100 0111000 1101010111 111111 0111011101 011101 0101010101 01001010111 101101 1101010111 110101 111111 010100 0111110001 010101 01110011101 010111 1101110101 1001110011 11010011101 1001110001 101100 110111 111101 100011 100011 010111 01001010111 100111 0011010011 0101010101 01010101001 010111 0101010101 0101010101 1101010101 1001011101 1101010101 111111 110111 0110011101 010111 1100110111 0101001 01011011001 001101 010110 1011001 0111010101 1101010011 110111 111101 110101 011101 1110101 1101010100 1101010101 10110 111101 011101 111011 0101110101 1101010001 010001 0101110110 1101010101 0110110101 11010011000 111101 1001000111 1100111 1111010111 1011001101 111101 100101 1011 101101 11010111001 1111100101 1001010101 1111010101 100111 0101 0101001110 110111 0011010101 1101 10000011111 1111000100 1111011111 11111011010 110101001 1101010100 1111110011 111101 1011010101 0101011011 1101001 1111010101 110101 111101 0101110101 1101 011101 111101 1011011101 0101010111 110111 0101011101 0101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 520
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 126
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it, of, they, her are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines years is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Memorial Poem;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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