This is an analysis of the poem Selenique that begins with:

Perfect, marmoreal, curved and carven statue-wise,
Your hard immaculate beauty dulls the sharpness of desire,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbaccaccaaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 011001110111 1101001010100010 1100010010 010101110 111001010001110 1101011101 1111010111 01010101001 1011010 1000111010101 1011110 110101010 1011010101 01011100100 11001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 653
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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