This is an analysis of the poem La Gitana that begins with:
Your hair was full of roses in the dewfall as we danced,
The sorceress enchanting and the paladin entranced, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXcXXbbcXddeeffddgghhii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110100010111 01000101010001 001111110010111 101001010001010 001000100010101 1010010110010101 001111100010001 101110110110100 10101101010011 101010101010001 111110101111101 101110111010101 111010101100011 101010101010101 101011001010101 011010101110101 111111111011101 001010100010101 111111111110101 001110110010101 111110101100101 011010101110101 111111110010101 011001101110111 011011100010101 101011001110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1531
- Average number of words per stanza: 302
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; in, of, as, and, my, with, i, you, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of La Gitana;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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