This is an analysis of the poem The Shadow that begins with:
Soft as the bed in the earth
Where a stone has lain— ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabAc baXcAXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 10111 1111111 011010 001101 1101 011101 11110 01101 011010 001001 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Shadow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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