This is an analysis of the poem Pauline that begins with:

To die for what we love! Oh! there is power
In the true heart, and pride, and joy, for this;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdX XeX fgfgcc cfcfdd hihicc hihijj cicekk flfldd fdXdii hmhmjj fcfcmm Xljlgg anandd hmhmll omoXdd bjbjccXknknkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111111010 0011111110 0001010101 11010 10 10001100110 1010101010110 11 010111011010 1011000101 100101010110 1111010111 1011010101 0101010101 1001000111 1111011101 1001010101 1101011101 11001010101 1101000101 0101011111 01110111001 11010010101 1011110001 01010100101 0100111101 10111101001 1111110111 1101010101 1011000111 0011011111 1111000101 1111010001 0111010101 1101110111 1011000100 11110000111 0101010101 11010111010 01010101001 11110100110 1101010101 1001010101 0111011111 11010101010 11111100111 00110100100 1101010101 0111010101 101011101001 1111111111 00110001010 0101010011 10011101010 10010111010 10110001110 11010101001 1101010101 11111010101 1101101101 1111010101 1001011101 1011101111 0111000101 0101011101 10011010101 01111100011 010110001011 11111110110 0101001101 111101001010 1111001101 1111010101 1001000101 1111110101 00110101111 10001110101 0111011101 1111011111 1111011111 1011000101 1111010101 0101111101 11010101000 1101110101 11011100101 1101010101 0111011111 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 1101110111 1101010101 1001010101 10001111101 0111010111 1111010101 01010100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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