This is an analysis of the poem The Resurrection that begins with:
LONG, long before men die I sometimes read
Their stoic backs as plain as graveyard stones,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdcdcaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101111011 1101111111 1101011101 1101111101 1011010101 1001111111 0101001100 11111111010 1100010101 1101011111 1101010011 1111011111 1111011111 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Resurrection;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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