This is an analysis of the poem The Investiture that begins with:
GOD with a Roll of Honour in His hand
Sits welcoming the heroes who have died, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabaab XaaXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001010001 1100010111 11001011101 1100100111 1111010101 1001110111 1111010111 1111010011 0101111101 1101010101 0101011101 1101110110 1101110110 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Investiture;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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