This is an analysis of the poem Shadow that begins with:
Here you are beside me again
Memories of my companions killed in the war...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcdeeXXcfbXegXfdadgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 100010101001 010101 1001110010100 101011100101 111001110010 110100 10011101101 01010111 1100101110100 1111011 111111101 10111010011011 111111111 100 10011101011 1111111101011 111001011001 111001 100011 10010 011100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 759
- Average number of words per stanza: 146
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Shadow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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