This is an analysis of the poem The Shower (I) that begins with:
1.
'TWAS so ; I saw thy birth. That drowsy lake... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abbcca X deeffd X cggddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111111101 0011011001 0011010101 11110 11110 1101111101 1 1001011111 10001011100 1111010111 0101 1111 0111000001 1 1011111011 0111011111 10111111101 0111 11101 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Shower (I);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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