This is an analysis of the poem Gilded Gold that begins with:

Thou dost to rich attire a grace,
To let it deck itself with thee,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeeeffgg hihiffeeej jXcXiaXXXXXgg kXkjbdkkXXjjggca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,13,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 01010101 11011101 0010100 110100101 111101 01000101 01011111 100010011 110101101 010011101 11011001 11110011 010001001 11011101 11010101 010010011 0101101 01001101 11010101 01001101 01000101 11110100 11110001 01010100 00110101 01100001 110010000 111000001 101010110 11010110 11011000 111111101 11011101 010011111 01011110 11111111 01010101 1101101 01100100 11101101 01110101 11110111 11011110 1010001 1111001 11111101 01010101 11110101 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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