This is an analysis of the poem They Shall Come Home that begins with:

ALTHOUGH they sleep in alien graves afar,
Where, restlessly, chill winds we know not roam,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBcacacXcdcecefgfgdadahBhB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110100101 1100111111 1111010101 1111 1101011101 0101010101 11111111001 1111 0100111101 1101011100 1111111111 1101 1111111111 0111011101 0111000101 1101 11110111110 0111100111 010101001010 1111 1111010101 01111111001 01010010100 1101 1111010101 1100111111 0111010101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1090
  • Average number of words per stanza: 197
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of They Shall Come Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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