This is an analysis of the poem My Hands Clasped Under A Veil that begins with:
My hands clasped under a veil, dim and hazy…
'Why are you so pale and upset?'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX Xbbb cXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110011110 11111110 1011011110 00101001 10111101 00101011 111001011 111001101 10111101 11111111 111101011 10101111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of My Hands Clasped Under A Veil;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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