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

I weep for Adonais -he is dead!
O, weep for Adonais! though our tears... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcbcX cbXbdebee afaffgfgg hahaXiXii Jkjkkakaa ijijJijiX ececclcll GdgddXdmm bibiihihh ababbXdhh jkjXXnknn Xeieededd XbbXbkbkk iaiaacacc bcbccgcXg hohggegee lhlhhihii hghggnXnn hihiiiiii oeXeebebb chchhXhpp GbgXbqXqq bXbggXgcc alallclcc eieiiXidd hrhrr
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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0101010100 1101110101 11001110101 0101000100 1101000111 1110010111 1111011001 0101010010101 1111011111 11110010101 1111000101 1000010111 0101010011 1101010101 0101110101 1101011101 100111010101 1111111111 0111010101 0101100101 1111000101 1011110111 1111011001 0111001101 1100011001 11000111001 0101010111 10101011111 1101010101 10110000100 0111000101 0110011111 1011011101 10101110111 010101010101 1101111111 1111010111 1101011101 0101000101 1111011101 01010101110 0111011101 1100111010 1111011111010 1111100101 1100111111 11010100101 0111110101 1101010101 1111111111 1111111100 01011111111 010011010100 0111110101 01111101010 10011001001 11010001010 01011101110 1111010001 11010101010 010100101 100001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 495
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, he, our, or, to, we, so, her, thou, whose, thy, not, ye, its, as, why, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she, or, the, so, a, live, which, that are repeated.

    The author used the same words most, the, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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