This is an analysis of the poem A Portrait that begins with:
HER glance is equable, serene;
She looks at life with level brow; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacdcdceaeaeXfgXghihihXiaiaifgfgf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010001 11110101 11110101 01011101 10011011 100111010 10010101 010111010 11011101 111011110 11110001 0110001 010100101 01010101 010110001 110101000 11110101 100010111 11000110 01010001 10110101 01010111 01110111 01011111 01010111 10010111 01000101 01010111 11010101 10010111 11110001 11010101 01010101 11011101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, her, a are repeated.
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- summary of A Portrait;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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