This is an analysis of the poem The Shadow that begins with:
By thronging mart and lonely hill,
By bridle-path and broad highway,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab bcbc dede fgfgXdada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11011111 110000111 10011111 01011111 01010111 11111111 11010101 11111101 11011101 11110101 11011111 111110111 01110101 11111101 11001111 111101011 11111101 111011111 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, the, tho' are repeated.
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- summary of The Shadow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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