This is an analysis of the poem Little Charlie Hades that begins with:

Little Charlie Hades has gone
To dwell with God above,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcaca dedeXaXa fXfXghghXcgcggaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 010101 11010101 001111 01010101 101101 01011110 001101 01011111 101101 01011101 101101 00011101 011101 11010011 100101 010101001 110101 01010111 010110 01011111 110101 11011101 010011 11001101 110111 11010101 100101 01011101 110101 11110101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.

    The author used the same word his at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase free connects the lines.

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  • summary of Little Charlie Hades;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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