Lilian by Alfred Lord Tennyson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Lilian that begins with:

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Airy, Fairy Lilian,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabab XcdaaceXdecd XBcbXcXB Xbabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010100 1010100 11100111 10101011 10111 111110111 1010100 1 11101 10011 1101111 1000011 10101 1100111010 0010101 1001101 10101010 01010001 10111 1 111100 100101 1011100 111001010 1010101 10101010 111100 1 10111 010111 10100 10111011 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, me are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lilian, me are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word lilian at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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