This is an analysis of the poem The Shadow Of Raggedstone that begins with:

O Raggedstone, you darksome hiU,
Your shadow fell for sure... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba acdc ebab XdXd eeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 111111 01111111 010101 11010101 011111 11111101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 110111 11010101 111111 11110111 111111 11111111 010101 11010100 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my are repeated.

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