This is an analysis of the poem Herbert Foss, that begins with:
Only son of SAMUEL S. FOSS, Esq., died May 23d, 1859, aged three
years and three months.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cdccXaXbXcXefXdcXdXXeffX cecXXdcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,24,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101010111111111 0111 1110010101 11010100111 010101001001 0011011111 0111010101 0101011101 0101111001 1111010100 10110101001 1101101101 1100 110101 011100101110 1111011101 11001111101 1111010101 1100 110111 1011001101 1001001101 11001111010 1101011101 1111011101 10011111100 11110101101 1111011101 0101110111 1111000101 011001011100100100 10111011101101 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and are repeated.
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- summary of Herbert Foss,;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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