This is an analysis of the poem Grace that begins with:
WHO is it beams the merriest
At killing a man, the laughing one?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cabadaeafaeaga fXdX aahagaXafa gcccXchc gcbcfcachc fdbd diaihibidi bfdf hXdhbhaX jhbh hhXXdh dhghXh dhah Xegegedehe bdgdXd jfXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,14,4,10,8,10,4,10,4,8,4,6,6,4,10,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001010 110010101 11011100 100100101 010111001 11010101 110010111 11110101 101100101 1100100101 10111111 11010101 11101001001 011101011 110000111 11010101 110010111 11011001 11110101 110111101 11110101 1011011110 10100101 10010101 01011111 11110001 11110101 10011111 1101110111 1011110111 1111101001 11110101 01110101 110110101 100101011 110010111 11010100 11011101 101011101 10010101 110010111 0101111001 1100100111 01110111 01011101 110010001 110100101 11110101 11010111 01110100 11010111 010011001 11110101 10110101 1100101101 1110110101 01110101 00100100111 11110101 101010101 111010101 11010111 101110111 0011100100 11000101 01100101 01010101 11010101 101011111 111101100 10110100 10011101 11010101 11010001 11111101 010101010 11110111 100101001 111100111 11110101 110010111 001111101 1100101101 110100100 111110111 11010101 11010101 0110100101 11010101 010100101 1100101001 01011101 10011001 11110011 110010111 01010001 01000111 11010001 11010101 101101011 01111101 110100111 01010110111 10100100 01010011011 010101101 01011111 01010100 01110101 11110101 01010101 100010101 11010101 01010111 11010101 110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 132
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, be, with, us are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, to are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Grace;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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