This is an analysis of the poem The Golden Apple that begins with:

She saw on the far bank a golden apple,
A glowing apple, poor little Eve,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcbdbdcbcbcecefcfccdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101010 010101101 0110101101 111111101 11111101100 0101001010 11111101010 0101001010 11101001010 101101001 11111001110 011001111 11111001010 111010101 11111111100 010101101 101101111110 111101110 10111011110 010111101 11001101110 0101001010 1111001110 0101010010 111010011010 1110100111 0101101110 010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 236
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, his are repeated.

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  • summary of The Golden Apple;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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