This is an analysis of the poem Mona Lisa that begins with:

Yon strange blue city crowns a scarped steep
No mortal foot hath bloodlessly essayed:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbccbXddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 11011100100 1101010001 1101110101 1111011101 1101111101 1111110100 10110001001 1111111000 1101010101 1101100001 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 531
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; in is repeated.

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  • summary of Mona Lisa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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