This is an analysis of the poem Lillian's Reading that begins with:
AIRY, fairy Lillian,
What a naughty thing to do,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc daca dece Xddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010100 1010101 1111010 1010101 1101010 1011101 110101101 110111 10010100 1010111 01000111 011111 11010101 111111 110101001 1101001 110010101 1101001 01110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Lillian's Reading;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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