This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam W.M & E.B.J. that begins with:
Mad are we all, maids, men, young fools alike and old,
All we that wander blind and want the with to dare.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXXbXcdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111111110111 111101110001 110111110111 1001011111101 111101101110 011001111111 110101110101 110111110100 101101010111 010101110111 111101111101 11000111111001 1011101011111 1111011011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 797
- Average number of words per stanza: 149
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
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