This is an analysis of the poem Peacock Display that begins with:
He approaches her, trailing his whole fortune,
Perfectly cocksure, and suddenly spreads ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc dda Xbc XXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10100100110 1001011001 01100110010 110110111001 110010110001 101100100001 11011101001 1110011001 11010011001 111100110110 11010100010 1111110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; his is repeated.
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