This is an analysis of the poem Annabel Lee that begins with:
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcb dBebfb aBXbXbXB fbaBcb ebbebXB gBgBddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,6,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101100101 0010101 1010111111 10101011 10101101101 10110111 110111101 0010101 11100111111 1111011 00110110010 100011 1010101101 0010101 011100110 11001011 11010111 1100101 01010010 0010101 01011110010 110011 1110101111 0010101 1011100111 1011011011 111011011101 01101011 01011011 11001001001 101011001 11010011001 001001011 101101011011 001001011 101101111011 001001011 111011111101 011011011111 00101101 00110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 41
- 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; and, love, her, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, in are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines we, sea are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words me, lee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Annabel Lee;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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