This is an analysis of the poem Celia that begins with:
Celia, we know, is sixty-five,
Yet Celia's face is seventeen;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10110101 11010101 11000111 11000101 11010111 11010101 11011100 11011100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; our is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.
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- summary of Celia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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