This is an analysis of the poem So Proud She Was To Die that begins with:

So proud she was to die
It made us all ashamed... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 011101 11110101 000101 110101 110110 010001101 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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 So Proud She Was To Die;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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