This is an analysis of the poem An Allegory that begins with:
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A portal as of shadowy adamant... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcbaa XdXdedeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 01010100100 1101011001 1111010111 0101010101 0111010111 0101110101 0001000101 1 1101010101 11010100 1100100100101 1100110101 11011100101 1001011101 1111010101 1111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of is repeated.
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- summary of An Allegory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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