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

St. Margaret's bells,
Quiring their innocent, old-world canticles,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaacdebcedaccefggcfhehXhc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001 10110011100 100101 11011010100 0111001111 1000110101 10110010111 11110100111 1011010011 0101010111 101011110 00110110001 0101000101 10010011001 11110100111 110101110001 010101 1001010101 10011101 1011010111 1111110101 1110110001 1111000110 1111111111 1111110110 1101110111 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 195
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 just is repeated.

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

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