This is an analysis of the poem The Pimpernel that begins with:
SHE walks beside the silent shore,
The tide is high, the breeze is still;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcX dede bfbf ecec egeg hihi dbdX jdji bkbkajaj hXhX ibib abaX dhdh hbhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 01010101 11010101 01110101 01010101 100010111 11010101 11000100 111111011 11000101 11110111 11111101 110101011 11110101 11011111 11010101 10110101 010001101 01011101 11011111 111101001 010101001 01010111 010101001 11010101 11010001 010001001 10110001 11011101 01000101 01000111 11000100 01011101 10010111 11010111 11010101 01110101 11010101 01111111 10010111 10010101 110111001 110111011 01100101 10010101 01110110 11011101 01011111 11010101 10010101 11010101 11011101 11110101 010011111 11010101 01010100 110101001 10111101 100100111 11010101 111111111 110011101 11010101 01000100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, she, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Pimpernel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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