This is an analysis of the poem Elf Shot that begins with:
A lad, brought up in Highland vale,
Who did believe each fairy tale...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeeffggggccggbbhhiiccgggg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 10011101 10101011 101010101 11011101 11010101 11010001 0010111 110010101 10010101 11110111 110100111 11111010 00101010 11110101 11011101 11111101 11010101 01011111 10110101 10111101 11011111 11100101 11011011 11110101 11010101 1010001 101010101 1111011 11111101 01011001 01010101 11010101 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1184
- Average number of words per stanza: 232
- Amount of lines: 34
- 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; he, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines vest is repeated).
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- summary of Elf Shot;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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