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

This lady in the white bath-robe which she calls a
peignoir,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001111110 10 010110010011 1010011001011 111100110 1110001101110 010 1110011 010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; white is repeated.

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

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