This is an analysis of the poem The Green Singer that begins with:

ALL singers have shadows
That follow like fears, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBacDbD aebebdbD XdadBDcD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11011 111010 11011 011011 10001 0010110 11101 110111 10001 110010 11001 110010 11001 0010110 11101 110110 110111 111010 11101 111010 10001 011011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 672
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; love is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Green Singer;
  • central theme;
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