This is an analysis of the poem Georgine Sand Miner that begins with:

A step-mother drove me from home, embittering me.
A squaw-man, a flaneur and dilettante took my virtue....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbcdXceXeffafddaXbecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110110110001 01101011001110 1011010111 1101010110 0111001101101 10111101100100001001 11001001110 01011010 1101110001101100100 1110101001 110011101 1101010 1100101010 11101101001 110100101001 1011011110101001 1011001011110011 1111011100001 001011001110010 1001011011 011101101100001 110011101 010110111 0101011001 01001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 216
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, to, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Georgine Sand Miner;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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