This is an analysis of the poem Dissonance that begins with:

You've slipped from out your evening gown, you muse
Before the polished lookingglass, a hand... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXaXXbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110111 0101010001 1001011101 1101110101 0111010101 11011101000 0101000101 11010111000 0101111011 11001110001 11110111000 1001010101 1110111111 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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