This is an analysis of the poem Study In Orange And White that begins with:

I knew that James Whistler was part of the Paris scene,
but I was still surprised when I found the painting...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXd dbeXfX bXgXafX fdhiid XXjfX cgegdX jfbciXhja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,6,5,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101100101 111101111010 00101010011 0110101110100 0010100 11101010 10011000110 11101011 11010001 010010111010 11110100010101 111011110010 1000001110 0101101100010 1100111010101 1010101110 010100010010 001101001001000 101010100110 0101101111 101001111010 0101110 11100010 1110100111 0101100010110100 1000001101110 1010101 11010100100010 1001101010110 11110101001 1111101 01011010100 10110101 1001010010110001 11001000101100 1111010101 01100110110010 111110010 101011101 10111011101 10111 010101001110 111111 1100001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Study In Orange And White;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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