This is an analysis of the poem The Maid Of Orleans that begins with:

Humanity's bright image to impair.
Scorn laid thee prostrate in the deepest dust;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdcdd dedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100110001 1111000101 1101011111 0101010111 0101001101 10010110111 11001100101 1101010001 110010101 1001010101 0111010111 0111110111 01011000101 10010101001 1111010101 11010101001 1101010101 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; in is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Maid Of Orleans;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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