This is an analysis of the poem A Cenotaph, that begins with:
Oh, hadst thou fall'n, brave youth! on that proud day,
When our victorious fleet o'er the red surge... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXbXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111111 110100110011 1001010111 11001010111 0111011101 1101010101 11010100100 1101000101 1101010001 11011000101 1111111101 1001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 544
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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- summary of A Cenotaph,;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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- Analysis of At Oxford
- Analysis of Cadland, Southampton River
