This is an analysis of the poem Grant—1885 that begins with:
BLESSED are Pain, the smiter,
And Sorrow, the uniter! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaba ccdd eeffgghhhX hiibbfffff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 1100100 110101 0100101 111101 11111111 11011101 11010111 11110111 11111101 01010111 11011101 01010101 11111111 11011100 11110111 11111111 11010111 11110 111 11010101 11101101 11011111 11110111 11010111 11011101 110010111 11110101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, whose, nor, till, and are repeated.
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- summary of Grant—1885;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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