This is an analysis of the poem Cleopatra that begins with:

Thy beauty is the warmth and languor of an orient autumn,
Caressing all the senses—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbXbXXcXdcdbeeXbbdXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011100110110 0101010 010101010 00101011100 1100100101 00101011101100 10100101 1100101010101 11100010 11000101 10111111101001 11001010100101 10101010 11001011 1011000100110 1111100101101 00100110011 101010100 11010101010 1011101101001 10111 10101010010110 11101 11010100101 1010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1035
  • Average number of words per stanza: 191
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

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  • summary of Cleopatra;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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