This is an analysis of the poem Love's Phantom that begins with:

SHUT out day's wintry beams!
Sleep, brood upon my brain!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca bdbdeded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 110111 111101 1101 111111 1100111 110101 1101 010111 0101011 111111 01001 010101 011001 1101111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, its are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Love's Phantom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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