This is an analysis of the poem Oblivion that begins with:
I hope when I am dead that I shall lie
In some deserted grave--I cannot tell you why,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111111111 010101110111 111101010101 01010011100101 1101110111 010101010101 11110101010011 010111000101 011101010111 11000110011101 11110101111111 01000111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, and are repeated.
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- summary of Oblivion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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