This is an analysis of the poem Shooting that begins with:
Ye sylvan muses! as my step invades
The deep recesses of your hallow'd shades,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddeeffeXec gghhbbhhiiiiffhhjjddddggkklliiec llkkmmlXnnee hhkkjjoommeeaajjaajjffffhhdX nnaalllljj ffffpphhffiikkffeenn hhdXhhll kkddppjXhh ffhhhhllaaqqookkddaa XeaaXaddhhXnhhXhaaff jjaajXooiillaaee ffhhjjkkffdd nnaacehhddiihXff llllcchhhh jjffddggh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,32,12,28,10,20,8,10,20,20,16,12,16,10,12,8,22,18,12,20,16,20,4,18,8,30,10,10,40,8,22,12,14,22,20,20,10,16,10,12,14,39,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 43
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 713
- Average number of words per stanza: 122
- Amount of lines: 698
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to, and, of, with, by, if, his, when, my, they, must, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, the, such are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word hour at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Shooting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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