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

July 23rd, 1906
Across the hills a tender shadow stole, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaa bccb deed fggf hddh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111 0101010111 1101010111 1101011101 01110001001 10011100101 0101010101 1101010101 0011111101 1101000101 11110001001 1101110111 1101011101 0101010101 0110010101 1011010101 0100011101 0111010111 1100010101 1101011101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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