This is an analysis of the poem In Memory that begins with:

Home from the wounds of Earth and wasting Time
The marvel of her beauty and morning prime... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXbXcc ddececdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001011101 01000101101 111010000101 1101111001 1111010101 1011010100 01110101101 011111111111 1111101101 0111010111 01001010101 0101010101 11010010010 1111101101 0110010111 110101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her, all are repeated.

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  • summary of In Memory;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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