This is an analysis of the poem The Proud Lady that begins with:
When Stiivoren town was in its prime
And queened the Zuyder Zee,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX bcbc cccc dddd babX eceX fefe eaeX egeg cXcb gcgX babX gfgf bcbc caca hbhb bcbc icicXbaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110011001 1100101 011101001 010100 01010111 0100101 110100101 0101101 011110101 011101 01010111 1010111 111100101 1110101 111100111 11101001 101001100101 10100101 1111111101 11011110 101111111 1111011 1011101101 0110110 111111101 0100101 110111101 011101 1110101001 110101 1011100111 0101110 0111101001 011110 110110101 011101 1011101101 01001010 111110111 011101 101111101 0111011 101010101 11101110 101011101 000101 11011101 0101010 11101101 110111 11010001 110111 101011101 110101 01010001 0010101 010110111 010111 11011101 011101 110011100 111110 01110101 10101001 01110101 010101 01010111 010111 010110101 1010101 110010111 11100111 11101001001 1011111 10100101 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; in, her, she, to, and, he, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, and, the are repeated.
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- summary of The Proud Lady;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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