This is an analysis of the poem Before A Little Coffin that begins with:

Mother has painted the coffin brightly.
The tiny one sleeps in Sunday attire....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX bcXc XddX acXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001010 01011011010 10010110010 0111 011110010 1011100011 10011 01001 110110011 11011 100100110 111010 0101011000 1110011 01011010 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; of is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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