This is an analysis of the poem That Shadow, My Likeness that begins with:
THAT shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood,
chattering, chaffering;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011011100101 100100 11011111011010101 110110111010101 101101110110011 111011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
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