This is an analysis of the poem The Water Lily that begins with:
A lonely young wife
In her dreaming discerns... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcBbDEFacdccBbDEf XdXdcbbDEF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 001001 01011 001001 101001 01011 11001001011 1101 1101 11101001010 101011 01101 11111 111111 101001 01011 11101001011 1101 1101 11101001010 1010010 11101 101011 111001 101001 101101 111101101011 1101 1101 11101001010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 421
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of The Water Lily;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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