This is an analysis of the poem Lily that begins with:
I scorn the man—a fool at most,
And ignorant and blind—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbdb bXbefbfb dgdgbXbb hghXaiai gjgjagag klklaeae ajajkmkm lnlneheh cacafjfj eeeebkbk aoaoapap eaEAabab kfkfoaoa bqbqdfdf nrnrgaga kskseaEA fndncXco gngnklkl ndndnnnn Xbtbbebe bdbdbaba bkbksbsb cbcbmnmn ababerer Xftffafa kntnnnnnXababeaEA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 110011 11010111 110111 11111101 110001 11111101 100101 01111111 111100 11111101 110101 11100101 110111 11000101 111101 11010101 111101 11111101 010101 01011101 1101100 11010101 110001 01010111 010100 111110101 011101 11010101 110101 10000101 110101 11110101 010111 111111001 111101 11011101 111101 11010111 110111 11010101 111101 11001111 0110001 01111101 010010 11001101 111111 01011101 011101 10010001 011101 11011111 010101 11011101 111101 11010101 110101 11011111 11101001 11010101 010101 11111110 110101 11110101 110101 11110101 110101 010111001 110101 01111101 111101 11111111 011011 11010101 010101 11000101 111101 11011101 111111 11010111 1101010 11110101 1101010 01111111 010001 11110111 110101 11110101 111101 01111101 010001 11011001 110101 11010001 1100101 10011101 110101 11111101 110101 011101010 110101 110101010 110111 11010101 011101 11010101 111101 11010101 110111 11011101 011101 11011101 010101 01000101 110101 11000101 110101 11111101 110101 01010101 010101 01110111 110101 01110101 111101 01111101 010001 01011101 010101 11010001 110111 11101101 110101 11001101 111100 111111011 010001 11010111 010101 11000101 010101 11010111 111101 11010101 110101 11011111 011101 11011100 110001 11010111 010101 11010101 010101 11010111 010001 11011101 010101 01110101 110101 11011101 110001 111100101 110101 11011001 110101 100111001 110111 11010111 111101 111010101 011101 11000101 010101 01110101 110101 11011101 010101 11101101 010111 11110101 111101 01110101 010001 11010101 011101 11110111 010101 111101001 110101 11011101 110001 11011011 110101 110100111 010101 11010101 111111 11111101 110001 11000111 111011 11000111 010101 11111111 011001 01011101 110001 11010111 110101 11010111 010111 10011101 011101 01111101 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 216
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, as, her, to, that, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, as, the are repeated.
The author used the same words the, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Lily;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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