This is an analysis of the poem The Relic that begins with:
When my grave is broke up again
Some second guest to entertain,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcaacddd bbeeaddafff Xdggdccdhhc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 11010101 11111101 00011101 111101 0100110101 0111001 1111010101 1110011011 0111101101 1101110101 00100111 11010101 11111101 10010101 011101 11001010011 010111 1101011111 1111110011 1111110101 1100110101 11111100 11111111 100011111 11100101 101101 0111110111 111101 1101011111 1100101101 1101110111 1111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, this, us, and, we are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Relic;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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