This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The Death Of Sir William Russel that begins with:
Doomed, as I am, in solitude to waste
The present moments, and regret the past,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccbbddeebbaaffcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111010101 0011010101 01010011101 1110111101 1101110101 0101010101 1111010101 1111010101 10110000111 1001110101 11010100101 1111010101 110110101 1101011101 1111110111 1101010101 1101010111 1101001101 1111010111 1101110101 1111010101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 967
- Average number of words per stanza: 180
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whose is repeated.
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