This is an analysis of the poem The Lady and the Painter that begins with:

SHE: Yet womanhood you reverence,
So you profess!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa b abccd c X efe feeeg X e gehhhfdfdeecXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,5,1,1,3,5,1,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011100 1101 10111 101100100 01110111 01010101 01010101 0111110 11 11111010 11 01010101 11010111 111111111 11010101 11110001 11011001 11110101 111110 1111 111010111 01110101 01111111 11111101 01111101 11110101 01110100 110011001 01010101 11010001 01010101 10011 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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  • summary of The Lady and the Painter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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