This is an analysis of the poem Fidele's Grassy Tomb that begins with:

The Squire sat propped in a pillowed chair,
His eyes were alive and clear of care,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdX eeee eeaa eeaa ffgg dXee eehh eeii iiff eeaa bbee eeee ggjj kkll jjcc mmff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111001001 010011101 1111101011 010100101 11110111 111011011 010110111 101010100 011011101 1010011101 100111111 101110111 10110100101 1011111 111010101 1011101101 01111101 1111001100 1010010101 101110101 1101110101 111100101 01010110 1011100101 10011111 10010100 11100100101 110111101 0100110101 1100100101 01010101 1110100101 011100101 0101101101 1110101111 0101101001 010110101 1110111101 1101111001 1010011101 11011101001 111011101001 111100101 1010101111 01110101 11111001 1011010101 1011101111 101011000101 1011100101 110010111 00100101001 110100111 11010101 1011101011 11111001001 110011111 110010011 101111101 1011110111 0100100101 010101001 01010111 11100111 101011111 1010110101 1100100101 11111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Fidele's Grassy Tomb;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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