This is an analysis of the poem The Tiger—lily that begins with:

What wouldst thou with me? By what spell
My spirit allure, absorb, compel?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeeefghhiidd bbhhjjkkeeccllffmmcceeddnnoocceenncc aajjeeddfgppccpXjjppeelldX ffqqnneenneecceeidpphheeeeee ffffppdiccaappXpppppnnXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,36,26,28,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 110010101 01111111 01011101 01010101 010011101 01001101 10110100 01010101 10011001 11000011 11010111 11100101 11101010010 10101111 111001011 10010101 10010101 11011101 11001101 11110111 10001111 11011101 11110101 0111111010 110101010 110001101 11010101 11010101 11110101 010111001 10011001 011100101 000101101 01011011 10111101 11110101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11100101 01010111 01000111 11000101 110000101 010101011 11100111 11010011 01110111 01110101 10010101 110010101 11001101 01010101 01110101 01011100 11011111 001000100 11110011 010101001 01100101 01011011 11010001 110100100 11111111 00110100 11011101 01000011 111101001 10111111 10111111 01010101 01011111 11111101 00010111 010011101 10101101 10110001 11100111 01011101 01010101 010001000 11110111 01111101 11010011 01010101 01101101 11011101 01111101 11100010 11011001 01110101 11001101 11010101 010101101 11011110 11011101 11010101 110110111 11010101 100001001 11010011 111100111 110100101 11010111 010101001 01010101 10011101 11010101 01100101 111011001 11010101 11001111 11010101 11011111 11010001 00010101 11011111 00111111 10010101 01110101 01010001 11111111 10010011 11111110 00010101 100011111 11100101 10010111 100010101 110111001 10110111 010001100 0111010110 101100110 100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 943
  • Average number of words per stanza: 172
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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