This is an analysis of the poem The Witch that begins with:
HER hair was gold and warm it lay
Upon the pallor of her brow;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gdgd acac hihi aaaa ffXX gggg dXda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01111101 01010001 01011111 10111101 11010101 10011101 11110111 01010111 11100101 011101011 01011101 10011101 11010001 10011111 10010101 11011101 11000101 11111111 01011001 11010111 01111101 11011111 01010101 11010101 11001100 11010101 01010111 11111101 11000101 10111101 1111101 11111111 110000101 11010101 11010101 01110001 11011101 11110100 11010111 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; her, and, she, of, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they are repeated.
The author used the same words she, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of The Witch;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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