This is an analysis of the poem An Unfortunate Likeness that begins with:
I'VE painted SHAKESPEARE all my life -
"An infant" (even then at "play"!)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXbX cdXd XXed dfdf gggg Xfdf cfcX XhXX ijij gjgj dgdX kXkX lXlX ffff jhjh bebe gjgj fXfb fkfk mbmb bnbn kfkX oXok XhXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 101001011100 1010010101 1100011000 11110101100 01001010100 0100101001 10001110100 01110001 01010101 01010110111 01110101 01010011011 0101001011 010101011 0101101011 11010101 11010011 11011101 01000101 11010111 11010101 1010100101 101011111 10101011100 11110101 100010011 11110010011 101011111 111111001 11110110 01001111 1011111010 11110101 1100011010 1010111011100 11110101 11011101 11011101 11010101 10101110101 01110101 01011101 01011100 1010110011 01010111 01011101 010111010 01110001 11111111 10001110101 0100110000 01011101 101011101110 11111101 1011101100 10010110001 01000101 101110101 11111111 100111101 01110111 11011101 01010101 101010101 01011111 11100100 01011101 100011111 010110001 11111101 01010101 101110111 11000111 11010101 11010101 101010111 11010101 11010101 11011111 101010101 11010001 01011001 11010001 101011111 110101010 01000101 0111010010 101011101 11010111 11110101 11010110 1000111101 01111100 11010111 111110001 1011101000 11010101 1101101000 11110011
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; bard, i, him, to, his, he, you, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, the, to, and are repeated.
The author used the same words the, you, his at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of An Unfortunate Likeness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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