This is an analysis of the poem The Nevermore-To-Be that begins with:

Lady, be the chatelaine
Of my vagrant dreams and vain:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbbXacd eeaadcdd XAffggcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100 0110111 1010111 1011001 0111001 1010110 1010100 0010100 1011101 1000101 0010101 1010101 0010011 0010100 1100101 0011001 1000100 0110111 0111011 0011111 1110101 1111101 10100100 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, be are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Nevermore-To-Be;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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