This is an analysis of the poem The Eyelids Of Maidens that begins with:

Behind their veils glimmer apparently
As if the sharp blade of the sword stabbing my heart fiercely...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabbccXXXaccaaddeecccXffbbeeaaeeaaaaXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111100100 10011001101110 0111000110110100 1010001100001011100 111111100101100 011101001001010100 1111001001010 110010111010001000 10111101110100010 1111111111110 1111111101110 101010111011010 11101011101000100 110011111110100 1100101011000 11001110010100 110010001110100111 100011011111101 101101001100 1111010111000100 110101011011101 111101101001001 111111101001010010 11001101010011001010 1110101110010111010 01101001110101010 111010010110110 110101001010111 110010101110 11110111111110 110101111111110 1110110001010010 111011110000110 111100101010101010 11101011100100 0111100100110 11001010001010100110 110101010001010010 10011011111000 1010111101000 001111111001010011010 1111010101010 10101111111110000 110110011001001000 1110100100100010 10100110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 483
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, you, my, i, and, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, you are repeated.

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  • summary of The Eyelids Of Maidens;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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