This is an analysis of the poem The Phoenix that begins with:
A Female Friend advis'd a Swain
(Whose Heart she wish'd at ease) ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb bdbd Xebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 111111 11110111 110101 10110001 1100101 11010101 110101 11111001 1100011 11110101 101001 11001111 111111 11110100 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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