Poem Analysis of Shelley's Centenary by William Watson for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Shelley's Centenary that begins with:

Within a narrow span of time,
Three princes of the realm of rhyme,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aaabab cccaca dddede fffgfg hhhehi jjjkjk dddfdf iiilXl mmmeme fffmfm eeebeb jjjfjf XjjlXl eeeaea gggigi nnXoXo mmXfmfXieiheh
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 01010101 11000101 11011101 0111 01010101 1111 110100111 01010101 10111101 1101 110101101 0101 01010111 110001101 11000101 1101 01010001 0101 01010101 1110101 10110101 1101 10010101 0101 10010111 10111111 00110111 0111 11000101 11110 11010111 111101111 01010111 1101 10010101 0111 01000111 11110101 11010001 1101 10110101 1101 110101010 010001010 0100101110 11001 110101010 0101 110000101 01110111 01010101 00101 10010111 0101 0101000111 111111001 11011101 1101 010010101 1111 11111101 10010001 110000101 0111 11001101 01001 01011111 01010011 01010101 1111 01010111 0111 110100101 010010100 01010101 1101 001000100 10001 10010101 11010011 01010101 1111 11010011 00101 11110011 01010101 01110101 11010 11010011 01010 01000101 11010011 11110011 1001 11011100 0101 10010111 11010011 11010100 0111 110100101 1101 011001010 11110111 100110010 1001 01011001 1111
Amount of stanzas: 18
Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
Average number of words per stanza: 31
Amount of lines: 108
Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; of, and, he, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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Shelley's Centenary by William Watson: poem analysis

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