This is an analysis of the poem Lilith that begins with:
Strange is the song, and the soul that is singing
Falters because of the vision it sees;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabbcdccdd efeXff ghgghh giggii jbjjbb cdccdd cicccc kdkkdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011011010 1001001001 11010010010 10011010010 1011001001 1101001001 10011010010 1001011001 10010110010 10111010010 1011101001 1001101001 10101010110 1011011011 10011110110 11010010010 1011101001 1101001011 10110111111 110110101 10010010011 10010010010 10010010011 1001001001 10100010010 1011010001 10100010111 111100100010 1001001001 1001011001 10110010111 10010010001 10101010111 10010110011 1101001011 1001001001 10011010010 1101001001 10110010110 11010111110 1001001001 1001001101 11011010110 1001011011 10010010010 10010010010 10010010010 10010010010 11110011010 1011011001 10010010010 10010010010 1001101101 1101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, on, she, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
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- summary of Lilith;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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