This is an analysis of the poem Does The Pearl Know? that begins with:
DOES the pearl know, that in its shade and sheen,
The dreamy rose and tender wavering green, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd aaeeffdd ggXXhhdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011100111 01011101001 1101010101 1101111111 10010111011 0101000101 01001010101 1011 1011110101 11010101001 1101110101 11001111111 1101010101 1011010111 1100111101 1011 1011110101 0111010101 0011110101 11010101001 1101110111 10010101111 1000011111 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word does is repeated.
The author used the same word does at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word know at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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