This is an analysis of the poem Three In A Shade. that begins with:

Here we sit, and blind Desire
Plays his spinet in the shade....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgXga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 1010001 10011010 1001101 10101001 1011111 1010101 0010101 0001111 0111101 1010101 1111101 1111101 0010111 0011101 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

  • summary of Three In A Shade.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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