This is an analysis of the poem Courtesans that begins with:
O COURTESANS, Love's witching, wild priestesses,
You charm the universe from end to end!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xcbc dede Xcfc fefe X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101100 1101010101 10111101110 1111011101 11010111010 1111011111 11010111010 1110110111 11110101111 1011010001 101100111111 1011010111 11010101010 1101010101 11010101010 1101010011 11110111110 1111010101 10011111010 1001001101 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, and are repeated.
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- summary of Courtesans;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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