This is an analysis of the poem The Shadow that begins with:

Since I sat in the garden this morning -
The trees stood abloom in blue,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X a b X X a b X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010010 0110101 101111 11111001 01001001000100 110111011 111110101 1101010010 101110 101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 34
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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