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

Lord Lilac thought it rather rotten
That Shakespeare should be quite forgotten, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeeffgg aahhiiXfjjhhbcddhh kk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,18,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010 111101010 111110010 0100110010 11011101 111111000 111101 11100101 10010111 11011101 10000101 01110111 111000001 010011101 11101101 11101101 11010101 11110101 10110111 10010101 1101100 01011111 01000101 10100101 11010111 01011001 11011100 01010101 110001101 11010111 11110001 11011101 11110101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lord, the are repeated.

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

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

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