This is an analysis of the poem Caprice that begins with:

Her mouth is all of roses,
Her eyes are violets;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbab acdad eeded fcdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 011100 11011111 1101010 110101 0101010 000111 10011101 1100010 110101 0111011 011101 10101101 0101011 110110 1010110 101111 01001101 1011110 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; her, she are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word will at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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