This is an analysis of the poem The Ugly Duckling that begins with:

At last the cygnet, preening his plumed snow,
Wins the mid-stream. Mark his new beauty well!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccbdedddeefegghdidhfi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100101 1011101101 0110110011 010111 111110 0101111011 1001001100 1001100101 01010101101 110011 111001 1111111101 1011011101 0011010100 10001110111 110011 100101 1101110111 1111000101 01010010101 101101001 111101 1101100 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 897
  • Average number of words per stanza: 161
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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