This is an analysis of the poem The Shadow Voice that begins with:
My shadow said to me:
what is the matter...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XXXX a bbXX a XXcX a Xbbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 10010 00011 0111 1111 010001010 1101 0101110 01111100 1011011 100110 11100110 01111100 101011 0011110 1011 11101111 101011 10011 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Shadow Voice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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