This is an analysis of the poem Shakespeare that begins with:

TERCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
APRIL 23, 1864... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X ababXc dedede fg fggg cacadX agaghh gdgdeX ijijkk lhlheX kmkmee gagann eoeoaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,6,2,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10001010 1011 1111101101 0101110001 1101010011 0111111101 11010010101 011101 1101110111 1110110111 1101010101 1111010101 01001011101 011101 1101010001 1101011111 11001010101 1011001101 01011101010 100111 1111011101 1111010001 1101010111 1101011101 1101010101 110100 0101010011 1001110101 1011010111 1001010101 1101000101 0101011 11001010101 10010010101 00110011010 0100010101 1011010101 0101110 0111110111 1111110111 1100011101 11001010101 1111110111 110101 11110101011 11110010101 1101000101 1100111101 110010100101 111101 0101010011 1101010101 1111010101 1011110101 10111001001 111111 111111111 1101110101 1101010101 10110101101 1111110101 111101 00110010111 11101101001 1111011101 11010010101 10011110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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; and, our are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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