This is an analysis of the poem A Dialogue that begins with:
DEATH:
For my dagger is bathed in the blood of the brave,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccDDeeaaDD fggccddXe affbbddhhDD fddaaffddXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,9,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 111001001001 11111001001 11001101101 100101011001 11001101001 11001111001 1100111001 1010010001001 101001101101 1010110010001 11001101001 11001111001 10 11111011101 01011010001 01011001001 1110010001001 101001001001 11001011011 1111111100010 101110001101 1 11101011101 011111010001 11100101001 101111101001 11101101011 101101111101 111101011001 101001101001 11001101001 11001111001 10 11011011001 11011101001 101101011001 101011001001 11111101011 101001101111 11001111001 101011101001 11111101011 111101011110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, not, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, where are repeated.
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- summary of A Dialogue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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