This is an analysis of the poem Silet that begins with:
When I behold how black, immortal ink
Drips from my deathless pen - ah, well-away!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab CXcX CdCd ee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1101110101 1011011101 1111111111 1001011101 00011111010 1001010001 100101110110 1101011001 00011111010 1001110101 00011111010 1110101101 1111111101 0101000100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; i, it are repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Silet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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