This is an analysis of the poem The Faithless Shepherds that begins with:

Dead! Dead! Ye are dead while ye live;
Ye've a name that ye live—but are dead.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbcdcdaaefefgbgb hhbbeeiififffbbjcjbjcjbbbbgfddgfbhhb chchcbXbcdckkdfdfheiehigbbggb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,36,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 101111111 101011011 111101001 1110101 10111101 101011011 101011001 10100111 0111111 1100101 111001101 1111010010 1110101 111011010 1001001 1101111 101011001 10110101 111001011 11011101 10100101 1010101 11101111 111111111 01001001 00100101 101101001 11110101 11101001 11101011 011110101 111011111 11111101 01111001 11111011 00100101 101101001 11100111 10100101 101101001 1111011 10110111 101011001 1111101 11101111 111111101 101011011 10100101 101001001 101001001 001111101 101001101 101001101 111001001 001011001 11001011 10100101 1010100111 0010101 11101001 111101001 010010110 11011001 11101111 1010111010 101011001 1101011 10101001 11110101 001011111 101011011 11111101 101101001 11111001 11101001 110101 01001101 1111110011 1100101 10111111 00101101 10100101 101011001 101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1027
  • Average number of words per stanza: 202
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; dead, ye, for, and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Faithless Shepherds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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