This is an analysis of the poem Dante, Shakespeare, Milton - From that begins with:

Doctor. Ah! thou, too,
Sad Alighieri, like a waning moon ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcadedafgfhXijaXjXifiXdcaekebXgblilgckhkbdhicedmdbbbmbeggddgdgmbbcebg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111 1100010101 1001010101 101011011101 1100011101 0101011111 1101011101 101001010010 1001010001 1011110 1010011 1111011101 1111010101 0010011011 1111011011 1101010101 1001010101 1011110101 1101010101 1101010101 1001110101 1001010100 1001010111 1001010101 0101110101 01010101011 0101110101 1001010101 1100011001 1100010101 0101010101 0101011111 10010101101 0111010101 0100110001 10110 1011111 1011110101 0101011101 1111011101 1111110111 010001110111 1100110101 0101111001 1001010111 0101110101 1101010111 1011110111 1100011111010 1111010100 11011 1001101 0101010111 1001010101 11010111110 1101010111 1101111101 0101000101 1101010101 1101111001 0101010001 0101110101 1101111101 1111010101 1100000111 0101010111 01001010101 11010101110 1100110001 1111011101 10010101101 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3094
  • Average number of words per stanza: 536
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, it, with, whose are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Dante, Shakespeare, Milton - From;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Sydney Thompson Dobell