This is an analysis of the poem Are They Shadows That We See? that begins with:
Are they shadows that we see?
And can shadows pleasure give? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdXddaaefefdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 1111101 1010110 1110101 1110111 0110111 1110101 1111110 1011011 0110011 1001111 0011101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1111111 1110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; shadows, it are repeated.
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