This is an analysis of the poem The Dead Poet that begins with:

Never again shall he with wizard sleight
Ensare on threshold of his soul the bright ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcddefggaahhcccbiifejjjjeekkcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110101 1011100101 0101011101 1001010100 0101011101 100111001101 1001010101 1111101101 11110101110 1001111101 1101010101 10110010001 10001010101 1011010101 0101110101 11010010101 1111110111 0100011101 01001000100 1001001101 1001010111 11010101010 1101010011 1101001001 1111010101 0101110100 0100011101 1111010001 0101010101 1101100101 110000101100 1111010101 01000010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1420
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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