This is an analysis of the poem The Pier-Glass that begins with:
Lost manor where I walk continually
A ghost, while yet in woman's flesh and blood;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdda eXabfgebcac heiXcieeXgcajXX bXefXeXhaiebabbijifibeeXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,11,15,25,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101000 0111010111 11111001010 1101111100 1111010001 11011010111 1101011100 1001101101 1001010101 010100101010 1001011111 01001110100 0101010101 1001011111 0101110101 10010111110 001011101010 11110111010 01111010111 11010100101 1001110101 111110110010 0101010011 11011101010 0101010101 1100011111 010111111000 1101110111 1111011101 0101010100 1001001111 0111110100 11100110100 01010100101 10110110111 1101010111 1111010011 11010110101 0111001101 1101010101 11010101011 01010111010 11010110010 010010111111 01011100011 01010110110 0101010101 0111110101 10111101010 0111010101 11110011010 01010110100 01101101010 1101110111 10111100111 11110100010 11010111110 110110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; to, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'kill is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Pier-Glass;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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