This is an analysis of the poem Shakespeare's Festival that begins with:

WHILE we keep our Poet's Tercentennial,
Every school and city with its emulous... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXbbbbXaaXXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101000 100111000100 10101001100 10101110100 11101001100 1001001100101 1010110100 10101011000 11110110100 10101010100 10111010100 101001000100 11101011100 11111010100 11101000100 10101010100 1011101110 10101110000 10111010100 10101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 821
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; his is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Shakespeare's Festival;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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