This is an analysis of the poem Death that begins with:
I shall walk down the road.
I shall turn and feel upon my feet...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcacXaXccb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101 111110111 010011101 110011010101 1001010101 101101110 1000101 11111101101 011011101011 11011001 111010010101 0101100111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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 i is repeated.
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- summary of Death;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Maxwell Bodenheim
- Analysis of Death 1
- Analysis of Dialogue Between A Past And Present Poet
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