This is an analysis of the poem The Ice Palace that begins with:

Less worthy of applause, though more admired,
Because a novelty, the work of man,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeeXefcgbegabbXXbgcXbXgfgdbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11000111010 0101000101 01001000111 1101001101 0100011101 1111110101 00111111101 1111000101 1001010101 1101010111 1011010101 0111110011 11010000101 1100011011 01010101001 1101010011 0101110110010 01001010101 1101010011 110000100110 1101110101 1101001101 1011111101 01011110011 1101010101 11110010101 010010101001 11110100101 1011111110 0110001101 1111001101 0101010101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Ice Palace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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