This is an analysis of the poem The Shells that begins with:
O my brave heart! O my strong heart! My sweet heart and gay,
The soul of me went with you the hour you marched away,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eedd XdXX ffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111111111111 01011010101101 1101010010111 1101010010111 1101110111111 1100010010101 1101010110101 0100010010001 1101010110101 11010101010101 1101011111111 11110111011101 11011011010001 11010111110111 01000101010101 1101010010101 111111111111 1111010111101 01011100010110 0101110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, heart, it, of, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Shells;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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