This is an analysis of the poem To The Memory Of Mary Young that begins with:

GOD has his plans, and what if we
With our sight be too blind to see...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbccccddeeffffgghhiijjkkllllkklleehh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 01101101 11010101 11010100 11111101 11110101 11011101 01011001 11110101 01010101 10011111 11010101 01010100 01010101 11010101 11010111 11110101 01010101 01110101 01110101 01001111 11110101 11110011 11011101 11100101 11011101 11010111 11011101 11010101 11010111 101011101 11110101 01010101 11010001 01110101 11111001 11011111 01110101 11101101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1438
  • Average number of words per stanza: 280
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; her, and, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To The Memory Of Mary Young;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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