This is an analysis of the poem Shakespeare’s Grave that begins with:

Doggerel,' he thought, 'will do for church-wardens,
Poetry's precious enough not to be wasted,'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXXcdXbaccdXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111110 10100110010 110110011 1111011111 01010101110 11000111110100 1110011001 010101101011 01011000101 1100110101010 010010101100 1101011010001 001010101100 10000010011010 0011001011 01110010101110 00100110100 010111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 853
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; he is repeated.

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  • summary of Shakespeare’s Grave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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