This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of Richard Henry Powell that begins with:
2nd Lieut., Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Strong, loyal--souled, full--hearted, blithely brave,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101010100 11010110101 10010011111 1000010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of In Memory Of Richard Henry Powell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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