This is an analysis of the poem The Shadow-Third that begins with:

THEY met in the old conventional way,
And married, and that was the end...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdbdbaXaaedecdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101001 11011101 0010101111 0101101 111110111 0100101 1101100101 1111101 1101100101 110100 101110111 1011101 101111011 111101 110110101 110101 111110111 111101 111100101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 715
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

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  • summary of The Shadow-Third;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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