This is an analysis of the poem Le Bain D'Une Dame Romaine that begins with:

Une Esclave d'Egypte, au teint luisant et noir,
Lui présente, à genoux, l'acier pur du miroir ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111011 10110101010 111101101 101010101101 110011110010 1111111101 110111101000 11111110100 111100100101 101111110100 1111101110 1100111100 101010110001 111100110 111011110101 0110101100 10111010111 111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 842
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; de is repeated.

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  • summary of Le Bain D'Une Dame Romaine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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