This is an analysis of the poem To J.W. that begins with:
Set not thy foot on graves;
Hear what wine and roses say;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abab Acdcd Aceaccff egcgcg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1111101 01010101 0101111101 111111 1100101 110001 110101 0101000101 111111 110101 001100 011111 0101 11010 1101110101 11010111 101101 01011101 101101 1101 111111 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his are repeated.
The author used the same word set at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of To J.W.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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