This is an analysis of the poem A Grave that begins with:

Man looking into the sea,
taking the view from those who have as much right to it as...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXdXXcdaeefgXhdbfXXgXXbhXgdbXehX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100001 10010111111001 11111110010 001010010010001 11101001000 011100110110101 0110001010110010 111111101 0111111010 0101100101100100100 1111111 0100010100100101 111001111111 1010011000101110 1111110000 1111110 1101110001111 11111100001 11100101001 10010101010101010 1111111111 0101101010010100 11111101101 111001011001100 1111110 01110111101011 111111101 0101100101001010 11111100 10101001000110110 11111110 0101100101000111001 111111011101 0101111001000101 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2005
  • Average number of words per stanza: 266
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long 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; it, to, of are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines look is repeated).

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  • summary of A Grave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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