This is an analysis of the poem The Lotus Of The Nile that begins with:

PROUD, languid lily of the sacred Nile,
'Tis strange to see thee on our western wave,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gfgf fdfX hdhd dcdX idid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 1101111101 1011011111 10010110101 10101111101 1111011101 1100010111 1100010101 1101010111 1101010101 1101010001 11010100101 11110010101 1100011101 11011101101 10010010101 111100101001 1111111101 1011110101 01111101110 1111011101 110101100101 1011010111 01010100101 1101111101 10001011101 10010101101 1101010100 11110101010 1101010111 01110111010 1101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

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

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