This is an analysis of the poem A Portrait that begins with:

When friends grown faithless, or the fickle throng,
Withdrawing from my life the love they lent,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 0100110111 1011010001 1101100101 1101000111 1111010101 1011110001 1101110101 1111010110 0111011101 1101110101 100110100101 1101010001 1001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Portrait;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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