This is an analysis of the poem For A Picture Of St. Dorothea that begins with:
I bear a basket lined with grass;
I am so light, I am so fair, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeXX fgfgee hdhdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11111111 11110111 11010111 100101110 1101101110 10111101 1010101 1010111 01011101 110111101 011110100 110100111 11000101 01010101 110101001 01010111 11101111 11010111 10000101 11100101 11011111 10111111 111101100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, not, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases none, spring connect the lines.
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