This is an analysis of the poem The Pillar of Fame that begins with:

Fame's pillar here at last we set,
Out-during marble, brass or jet;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXXXXcccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101011111 11010111 110101 100101 1111111111100 1101 111110111 01100 1110 1101 010101 011111 11110101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, r are repeated.

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  • summary of The Pillar of Fame;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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