This is an analysis of the poem To A Shade that begins with:

IF you have revisited the town, thin Shade,
Whether to look upon your monument... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcbcbcbdedebfXXXgfgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101000111 1001011100 1100010101 11001010101 0101111001 1111010101 1011011100 1110110101 11111111 01 011100101111 0011111101 110110101001 1001010011 11011010001 1101011101 1101010001 11001110111 01011 110100 1100100100 0111101111 0111010111 1101010111 1101010011 01011110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1020
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of To A Shade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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