This is an analysis of the poem Exotique that begins with:
Thy mouth is like a crimson orchid-flower
Whence perfume and whence poison rise unseen...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cXXc ddb cXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010101010 1011110101 0110010101 11010011010 1111010001 01111100101 11001011100 01010001010 1111110101 1111110101 11110100101 0111010100 1111111000 1101101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; in, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.
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- summary of Exotique;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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