This is an analysis of the poem Lady Lorgnette that begins with:

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Lady Lorgnette, of the lifted lash, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdebebff X fgfghihiejejff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100100101 010110101 011110101 010110101 011110101 010110101 1111011111 1100111101 011100111 100111101 11101101001 010110101 1110100101 1001 1 100101101 111111101 111100100 110101101 111100101 100110101 110101111 111101111 011100111 1110101101 1111110101 1111111101 1110110101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, your are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Lady Lorgnette;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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