This is an analysis of the poem The Kingdom Of Shadows that begins with:

A crownless king who reigns alone,
I live within this ashen land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBA XbbX abba cbbc deed fbbf fXXf agga hiihXABBA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 11010101 110101001 11011101 11010110 11110111 01010111 01010100 010100001 10011101 01010111 110100111 1100100001 01010101 11111101 11011101 11010101 11110101 11110100 11010100 01010100 010000101 01110101 01110100 01010111 01010101 11011100 11010111 10011101 01011101 110100001 11010101 11010101 01010111 01010101 11011101 01011101 11010101 110101001 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Kingdom Of Shadows;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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