This is an analysis of the poem To One Dead that begins with:

I walked upon a hill
And the wind, made solemnly drunk with your presence,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXdcXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 101110010110 1011 11010010 1110011101010 100010 11001001 1010100110 100101011 110110101010 110011101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of To One Dead;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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