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

BEAUTY is still immortal in our eyes;
When sways no more the spirit-haunted reed,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXbcbcdd baaeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010011 1111010101 101111 110100 1111011101 1011110111 101111 01001110101 1011111111 0101110101 10110011101 01011100110 1011010 110101 110010100111 1111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; when is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word beauty at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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