This is an analysis of the poem Shelley's Skylark. that begins with:
Somewhere afield here something lies
In Earth's oblivious eyeless trust ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dede fefe cbcb egeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 010100101 110100100 010010101 010011101 110101100 1010110101 111010100 10111111 010101011 110101111 110110101 100100111 100100101 100100101 00110101111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 110100101 100100101 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, maybe, in, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, maybe are repeated.
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- summary of Shelley's Skylark.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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