This is an analysis of the poem From A Full Moon In March that begins with:

PARNELL'S FUNERAL
UNDER the Great Comedian's tomb the crowd.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababaccdededebbfbfbfbgghehehebbXghgiaiacaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,43,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100 10010100101 01001100101 0101110101 1001010111 11011111001 1001011111 0101011101 1101011101 0101110101 01001010101 0101110101 0111000111 1100110100 1101110001 11110101001 1100010011 11010100101 1111110101 1101010111 01111111001 100001010101 1111101101 0101011101001 1101110101 11110101111 11110100001 11001100001 1001110111 1101010101 0011111111 10001100101 0111110110 1001010101 1111011101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101100011 1000110111 11010011111 1101010101 11001111111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 934
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; that, had are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, a, no are repeated.

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