This is an analysis of the poem Trilogy Of Passion 01 To Werther that begins with:

ONCE more, then, much-wept shadow, thou dost dare
Boldly to face the day's clear light,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba ba cX cdd bbbb eeffffbbghddiijjkk bbffff ffXaiighjjcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,3,4,18,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111111 10010111 0111110111 11110111 1101010111 11111100101 11010101010 01110111001 1111010111 1001010111 01010101001 0111010111 11110111001 0111011101 11010101010 11110111110 1101110101 1101010101 1101011101 1101110101 1111110101 0101011001 0111100100 001111100101 10001111001 1101010101 0101110111 1111001101 1111011111 1101110101 11010111011 01011101011 1111011111 1101010101 0101010101 0101010111 1001110101 1101110101 11010101010 10110111010 110100110010 1111111101 11010101001 1101010111 1101110100 1111110001 1100010101 0101110101 1111011101 0111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; as, he, him, again, to are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

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  • summary of Trilogy Of Passion 01 To Werther;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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