This is an analysis of the poem Cleared that begins with:

(In Memory of a Commission)
Help for a patriot distressed, a spotless spirit hurt,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to, they, never, that, black, white, on, your, as, cleared are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words help, they, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cleared connects the lines.

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