This is an analysis of the poem Au Bal that begins with:
[Dedicated to Horace Sheridan-Bickers]
A vision of flushed faces, shining limbs,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a aaaaXaXaXXaXXaXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100001010010 0100110101 01000101100 11000100010 0111000111 1010010101010 11010101110 10010010111 110101111 01000101000 1111010110 11111101010 111111010010 1011010111 01010111111 01010101110 1111010010 01001100101 0100110001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
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- summary of Au Bal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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