This is an analysis of the poem The Woman In The Temple that begins with:
A still dark joy! A sudden face!
Cold daylight, footsteps, cries!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dddX bebe dfdf ghgX dbdb hihi adad cdcd dddgjd ckcX XciX lklk jcjcXhkhk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 111111 01010101 100101 10010101 010101 01010101 010111 01110101 010101 111000101 010110 11010101 110001 11110101 101101 11110101 011111 11010101 111101 11011111 110101 11100101 100111 11011101 010101 11011111 110111 110100101 110101 11011101 111111 10010101 100101 11010111 1100101 10010111 110101 11111111 110101 10110101 110101 01011011 111 0 00 11110101 111101 11100101 1101010 11011101 1101001 10110111 1111010 11110111 011110 11111101 010101 11011101 0101010 11110111 1110010 11010101 110101 11111101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; her, ', and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, her, she, our are repeated.
The author used the same word our at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Woman In The Temple;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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