This is an analysis of the poem The Shape Of Death that begins with:
What does love look like? We know
the shape of death. Death is a cloud...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabX bcXca caddA XeeXe XXbab Aaabb aaeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 01011001 011101101 01000101 1001010110 1000101 010110101 101011111 111011001 1001101001 100101011 1010111 100010101 110101 1001 11111 00010001 010001000101011100 0010101010101 00010111111101 0101001010100 000100011001 110011001 10011100 00011001 1001 010101 1010111 01011110 1001 0001010101 0101001111 001100001 1101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, be, can are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase death connects the lines.
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- summary of The Shape Of Death;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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