This is an analysis of the poem In The Louvre that begins with:

Queen Karomana, slim you stand,
In bronze with little flecks of gold— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaaX bcXbccX deXdeeaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 01010101 11000 11010111 10010101 11000 01110101 01011101 11000 01010111 11111101 00110001 11000 11000111 11001111 11000 11110101 10111101 11100111 11110101 10111101 11000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; queen, karomana are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word karomana at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of In The Louvre;
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