This is an analysis of the poem No Resurrection that begins with:

Friendship, when a friend meant a helping sword,
Faithfulness, when power and life were its fruits, hatred, when the hated...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bXXX baaX bcdX dXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110101 10011011001101010 11111111110011100 110101111 1101101110 0011111100100101 11110110110111 10111011 111110110 001001111011001010 111011101011001 01000100101100 111110001010 1100011010100111 11100010111010010 0101101010 101001011 0101101100100101 110100100101101 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of No Resurrection;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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