This is an analysis of the poem Forever that begins with:
THOSE we love truly never die,
Though year by year the sad memorial wreath, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaab bccd deea abbdXdaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11110101 11110101001 0111010111 110111 110111 1111011111 01001110101 111101 1101110111 0111110101 0101010111 01000101 011000101 0111111100 1011111111 111001 111111 01110000101 1111000101 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.
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- summary of Forever;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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