This is an analysis of the poem A Study (A Soul) that begins with:
She stands as pale as Parian statues stand;
Like Cleopatra when she turned at bay, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXccXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111110111 1101011111 1101010101 1101010001 010110101001 1101010101 01111101001 1111110101 1111010101 0111010110 1101010101 11110100101 0100000100 0110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; she, stands are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she are repeated.
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