This is an analysis of the poem Inheritance that begins with:
Helplessly, silent;
we watched it being seized away, all our lands....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcX XdX XbaXXdcX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,8,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010 11010101111 01000111001 1101010001010010 1011101 110010 010000100100 1111110100011001 11001 010010 1101011 1011011 01101 1111010 1101 11101001 110011011100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Inheritance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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