This is an analysis of the poem The Raven's Shadow that begins with:

Seabird, elemental sprite,
Moulded of the sun and spray-... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc Xdadee fgfgaa adadbb hbhbee fifidd jbjbee kXkfdd bgXgXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1000111 1010101 1000101 1010111 1010111 101010 0110001 1111001 1001101 1010101 10000101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1111110 1110111 1010101 1000111 1010101 1010101 1011011 10100101 1011101 1000110 1000101 10010101 11100111 1011001 1010101 1010111 1001111 1010101 1010111 1010001 1010101 1000111 1011111 10101001 1010101 1011101 1110111 1110111 1010111 101011 1010101 1010111 1010111 1000100 1110100 1001101 1011111 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, till are repeated.

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  • summary of The Raven's Shadow;
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