This is an analysis of the poem The Lakeside that begins with:
The shadows round the inland sea
Are deepening into night;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbaba cacadcdc efefcbcb bcbccfgf hahaigig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110111 1100001 1101010 1101001 100011101 111101 10011111 111101 01010101 1011111 11000101 010101 01010101 110101 11110101 010101 11011111 0101001 11011111 010101 01011101 110101 11010101 010101 11110001 110101 01010111 1101001 11110111 010111 11010101 110101 11110111 110111 010011111 110111 110100111 110111 11111100 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Lakeside;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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