This is an analysis of the poem A King's Soliloquy [on The Night Of His Funeral] that begins with:

From the slow march and muffled drum,
And crowds distrest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab cdcd eded fgfg hiXi bbbb hihX jcjc kckc ifif ilil
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111101 1110 111111111 0111 01110101 0111 111111101 1011 10010001 0111 11111111 1111 01010011 1101 1001001 0101 11010100 11011 11010100 11111 1110011101 1011 00110111 0011 11010101 1101 10110110 101010 11011101 1101 101010100 1111 11111111 0101 110101001 01001 11001101 0101 10111100 1011 10110101 1110 10011111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A King's Soliloquy [on The Night Of His Funeral];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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