This is an analysis of the poem Choriambics Ii that begins with:

Here the flame that was ash, shrine that was void,
lost in the haunted wood,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbXccdddddeef ggffahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111111 100101 1110111011100101 1010111001101101 1111011101100101 10000 111111110111 1110011101110100 10110101001100100 1010011111100101 011001 1011100101 1010111011110111 1011011001100101 1011011011110101 111101100011011 11 1010111101100111 1111011001100101 1110011011101101 101011 1111100111 1110011101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, in, and, i, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of Choriambics Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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