This is an analysis of the poem Shelley’s Pyre that begins with:
The Spirit of Earth, robed in green;
The Spirit of Air, robed in blue; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcda Ee Ff Cc Cc cadcgd Ee Ch Ef iX Cj j Cj ijkc Cd id Fl Ei Cai igj Cf ijj Ef ijhXj Cc ih Cdad Emelme Cnddc Ccmfm iicXdd Cd ibbdb FXakk Cm Caa Eme iejabhdaXmaamljfaknnX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,2,2,2,6,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,4,2,2,2,2,3,3,2,3,2,5,2,2,4,6,5,5,6,2,5,5,2,3,3,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001101 01001101 0100101010 010010101 111001 1001 1101001 1001 1101001 10010 11010010 10010 11010010 1010 000100110111 10101011001 1010010010 101001110 1110 1001 0101 10010 1001101 1001 0011 1 10101011101100 10010 10 010 10010 10 1 10 1011001 1010101010 10010 0111010101 1 0101011101 1001 1110 1001 101 10010 01100110 1010 1 01100110 0111011 10010 01110111 1 1001111 10010010010 1001 01010111 1 0101010101010111 010101001110111 1001010101111111 1111111011101 10010 11110110 1 1000111 10010 11101001 001110001 1110101 1001 1010101 01011101 0110011 1011 1011101 10010 1111001011 110100101 001001101101 111101110 10010 101010 0110001 1010101 0010011 1 111111101010110 100111101110 1011001001010 01110100111 010011100111 10010 11001 1 110010010111 100111110111 110111001111 11001110111 1001 01100100110011 01010101010001 1011101010001 001001 10010 111 10010 101010 0111 1001 10101 100000101 1 1001011011 0111000010 111111 111100111111 01101 10110011 101001001 101101001110 10011111101 10010010111 101111101001 110011 11010101 10111010 010101 101001010 01001001101 101001001001001 00100100101011 110
- Amount of stanzas: 38
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 133
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; spirit, of, robed, in, flames, his, eyes, power, he, swift, to, and, higher, you, silent, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, on, his, he, silent, they are repeated.
The author used the same word spirit at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines earth, air, water, fire are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase we connects the lines.
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