This is an analysis of the poem Desiree that begins with:
Will she spring with a blush from the arms of Dawn,
When the sleepy songsters prune ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabccC dedddefcac cgcccgechC gigggigXhC jbXjjbgcbc fkfffkkccC hdXhhdjXjc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100100101 1010101 110101111 1010011101 01100101 1011111 0110100101 0010101 1111111011 1100111 0110100101 10101101 1110001001 0010100101 1011101111 1110111 110110101 101001001 111111101 1101111 101110101 10100111 110101101 010100111 1011101101 10100111 011010111 00100111 111111111 1101111 0010111101 0100101 1110100111 1110101101 110101101 00100101 1000100101 1100100 110111111 1101111 0011101101 1110101 0011110100 011111101 0111001001 1011101 1010101101 0110111 110110101 1010101 0010110101 00110111 110110101 0011110101 10100100101 10101001 111111101 1111111 111111101 1100111 0010100101 1110101 1110111101 0010100101 0110010111 00100101 0111110101 1111111 111101011 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as, her, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, or, that are repeated.
The author used the same word will at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Desiree;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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