This is an analysis of the poem Cloris Charmes that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbabcXXdda dbbdXeaaffaeffeggee eeehXahiijjaajkaakbb llXjljmmjmmcbeecXnnX ddddaadgXdghhaabba fmmdaaffaaXeeeeeeffeef jjjXXXeennXbaabiimmggm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,19,20,20,18,22,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 11111 11101110 11110111 111101 10010101 010111010 011110 111110 0101 0101 110101 111101 01010101 10010101 010111 1101111 01010111 110111 010101 1101 0101 110111 010101 110101101 10110111 110101 11010101 11111111 000111 011111 1111 1101 110111 1010101 01010001 100010001 110101 111110101 110100101 010011 011111 1101 0101 110011 111111 011110101 11110101 101001 01001111 11011111 111111 0101001 01100 0101 111101 111101 11011101 1011111 101101 11100111 010011101 1111010 010101 1111 1101 0111110 11111 01011101 11011001 111101 10111100 01111101 111111 111111 1111 0101 01001001 110101 11010001 01011101 100101 01011101 10111101 110101 010001 1101 0101 111101 1101001 010110101 11010101 111101 11010101 11010101 000111 100111 1101 1101 1111010 111001 11010111 11010011 011111 111101101 11010101 101011 1101111 1101 1111 110111 111101 01010111 11011101 110110 01010101 10110010 010111 111111 1111 0111 010110 010111 0100011 01001111 110001 01011101 01011101 010101 011101 1001 1111 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 557
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 133
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, where, and, so, the are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Cloris Charmes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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