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

White Star of Womanhood, whose rays
Thro’ years of peace and years of stress... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXcdcXefegfXf adbdXbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 10011001 11111101 010100 0100011100 01111011 10111101 110001 110110111 010100111 01111101 0111 11110011 01010101 11111101 0101 11101101 01010101 100100101 1111 11010101 11110101 110101001 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of is repeated.

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

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

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