This is an analysis of the poem The White Lady that begins with:

I cannot rest, I cannot rest
In straight and shiny wood,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dcdcXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 011101 11010111 011110 01010111 111100 11110111 111101 110110101 110001 11011101 110111 11011101 010101 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, who are repeated.

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

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