This is an analysis of the poem Envoi that begins with:
I send these creatures to lay a ghost,
And not to raise up fame!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xeae fafa agag hihi jXjX bkbk Xhbh Xejej
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111100101 110111 11100111111 111001111 011101101 10101111 111010101 111111 1110100100 10101101 11101111101 1010111 1100110111 1110101 10111110101 10111100 11111101111 1111111 1110111011 0100101 11110101 1111100 111110101 10100100 111110111 11111010 01011111 10111111 0010110101 1111111 111010111 11011101 1111110011 1100101 1011110101 10101011 110010111 110101 10110111101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, and, have, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Envoi;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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