This is an analysis of the poem Lift This Veil Beloved One that begins with:

Lift this veil (reveal yourself) beloved one! Why this modesty now?
Your curls ambush me, become poisonous, sting me!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A XX Xb bc XX cXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101100101101001 111110110011 111110111110111 1110111101 110111111111100 111001010101110110 1010111111101 1111111111011101 1101100111101011 110011010011111101001 1101111101101011 10101100101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • 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; me, you, your, i, this are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words your, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Lift This Veil Beloved One;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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