This is an analysis of the poem Glory that begins with:
At the crowded gangway they kissed good-bye.
He had half a mind to scold her. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX dedXXecec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010101101 11101010 1100101111 01001010 110101011 01001110 1110101011 1111011000 011100111 01101010 11100100101 10110101000 011101101 101011111 1011000101 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Glory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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