This is an analysis of the poem Requiescit that begins with:

I cannot tell his story. He was one
To whom the riddle of our human life... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeafaghcigXcjaXkachhielfbef dXmhiXaXeemhglXXcX fnkjcibmenjdjhajhhfc aachgcilacmmaXfXghaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,18,20,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 0101001101 1101110101 1111110110110 0111010111 10111110111 10001010001 1101011101 1001111101 1101010101 1111111101 0101010001 1101010101 1101110110 1110110101 0101111101 1111010111 1101001001 0101100101 0011010111 01010101101 111101101 1111001101 1011010101 1001011111 0101110100 1111010111 1111010101 111010111001 1111111100 11011101010 0101111101 1001001111 1111110101 1111101101 110101110100 1111111101 0101010100 1100011101 1110011111 1001110101 1101001101 1111011100 11011101110 11011100011 1111010011 1111000111 1111010110 0111010101 1101011011 11110011101 1001110101 0111110101 0001111101 0101010101 1101111111 1111110101 11111100011 1110110101 10011101110 01101001101 1100110101 1111011101 1111010101 11110101011 11110100101 1101010100 1101111101 0101111101 1100011101 1111011101 0101011101 1101010101 1101010001 0111011101 0011011100 10111111010 1111111001 1111111101 0111010011 1101010100 1101000101 1111011111 0101010101 0101111111 1101100101 0101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 757
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, it, thought, she, they 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 the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase thought connects the lines.

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  • summary of Requiescit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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