This is an analysis of the poem A Portrait that begins with:

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She gave up beauty in her tender youth,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbbccbdedffe X gaaggaXgbcbXbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111000101 1101111101 1101011111 1100110101 101010110101 1001010101 11111010111 1101011111 1001110111 0101010101 0101111001 1011011111 1010111101 1101110101 1 1101010101 1111110111 1111010111 1101010001 0101000111 10101111101 0111101101 1101011101 11010110101 1101011101 1101010101 1101010100 1101110111 0100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; her, and, she, o are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Portrait;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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