This is an analysis of the poem The Wood Nymph that begins with:

A glint of her hair or a flash of her shoulder —
That is the most I can boast to have seen,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011010010 1001111011 11011011010 1011001011 11111010011 1101101001 11110010111 1011001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; of, her, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word could is repeated.

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

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