This is an analysis of the poem To Isadore that begins with:

I. Beneath the vine-clad eaves,
Whose shadows fall before... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbcccd effegdggXf caacaaaaaa ahhaihiiihXcffchfhhhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 111101 110101 100101001 0111011 0101001 11011111 11010101 100001001 1100010 1111101 011101 1100101 100010101 0010101 010100 11011101 111001001 01010110 011101 1110101 1101001 110101 10010101 11011101 110100 11001101 11110101 11000111 110111 1110101 110101 011101 10010101 11001101 1111001 11010001 11111111 11000111 110101 10100101 100101 110001 010001001 11010111 110101 11111111 11001101 10001101 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 To Isadore;
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