This is an analysis of the poem Leggett’s Monument that begins with:

Yes, pile the marble o'er him! It is well
That ye who mocked him in his long stern strife,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccdedeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11010101001 1111100111 1100011001 0100110101 1101010101 1101010101 1110010111 0111110001 0101011101 01010001011 10011100111 0101001101 1101111101 001101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 Leggett’s Monument;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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