This is an analysis of the poem To Dora Dorian that begins with:

Child of two strong nations, heir
Born of high-souled hope that smiled,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab babXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 10110111 10111101 1 1110111 10101001 1110111 1111101 1110101 10011111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To Dora Dorian;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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