This is an analysis of the poem The Lady Of The Castle that begins with:

Thou see'st her pictured with her shining hair,
(Famed were those tresses in Provencal song)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbcc ccdedeffggeehhbb iijjkkllddggeeeeddkkkk mamannoommeeX elXX llnnllkkmmXX mmkkjj kkppnneeaall mmlX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,22,13,4,12,6,12,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 1011001001 11011011101 1111010101 01010111010 10111111010 0101110001 1101010101 1111011011 0111110100 1110010101 1011110101 1011000101 1001010101 1101111101 010111011 11011111001 0101010101 10110100101 1111011110 1111010101 1101011111 01010110001 1001010001 0101010001 1101110101 11011010111 11010010101 11000111001 1111010111 0101111101 11110011101 0101111101 0011111111 01010100101 1111010101 1101010111 1111010101 0111011101 0101110101 1001110111 1101111101 0011010111 0101111101 11110100001 10111000011 1101000101 0111110111 10010100101 00110010111 10110100111 1001110111 1111010101 1111111101 0101010111 1111101111 10011110010010 10011111110 010110 1101 0101010111 11011101100 1100110100 0101010101 0011110101 1011010111 1001110101 1111010001 1111000101 1101110011 1101010000 0011100111 01111100001 01111111000 1111011111 1011111101 100110010101 0011110101 0111010101 1101010101 1101000101 1100010001 0101000101 0110000000101 1111010111 1111010101 1111010111 1101010011 11110010111 1111011101 1101110111 1010101101 1101010101 01110010111 11010010111 0101010111 1111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 483
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, his, and, her are repeated.

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  • summary of The Lady Of The Castle;
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