This is an analysis of the poem Laureate that begins with:
DEATH met a little child who cried
For a bright star which earth denied,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXb ccdccX ddXccX ccbeeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 10111101 111101010 1011 1111 110011010 11010101 01111101 110111010 10101 1101 110111010 11111001 11111101 110111010 1101 1111 111100110 11010101 10111111 110101010 0101 1111 110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Laureate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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