This is an analysis of the poem Sargent's Portrait Of Edwin Booth that begins with:
That face which no man ever saw
And from his memory banished quite, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdXdXefefdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 100100101 01011101 1100100101 10010101 11010101 00110111 11010111 010011011 11110101 01111101 1100110110 11110111 11011101 11110101 11010001 11010001 11111111 11110101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 753
- Average number of words per stanza: 136
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Sargent's Portrait Of Edwin Booth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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