This is an analysis of the poem Strange Girl that begins with:
What bond was this, of life or doom,
That swiftly drew your eyes to mine...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe gbbg agga cggc XggX hffh dccd ijji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100111 11011101 01010101 01010101 10111101 10010101 01000101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 10010101 010100111 10110101 11011101 110000101 11011101 10010101 01010001 01110111 01110101 10110111 11011111 10111101 10011000 11110111 11111101 01111101 11101111 11110101 01010001 01010111 11110111 01110101 11011101 100100101 10110101 11111101 10101101 01110111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, your are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Strange Girl;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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