This is an analysis of the poem His Winding-Sheet that begins with:

Come thou, who art the wine and wit
Of all I've writ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaabbccddbbaaeeXaffeeggaaaahhffiieehhXabbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 0111 01010101 1001 11011001 0111 11111101 1111 11100111 1111 111100101 1111 11011111 11001 110101111 1001 11010101 1101 110111000 0101 11010110 1111 0110101 1101 111101001 1011 11110111 1111 11111101 1111 11110111 0111 11110101 0111 110111101 1111 00100111 1101 11010111 1111 00010111 1111 11110010 1111 11011101 0001 11110101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 251
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; all is repeated.

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

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  • summary of His Winding-Sheet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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