This is an analysis of the poem Perdita that begins with:

The sea coast of Bohemia
Is pleasant to the view ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbXbdb AefeXgeg AhXhXibi AdfdgXaX Aceccjej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100100 010001 110101001 010001 11011101 010101 11010111 110101 01100100 011110 011111001 0101001 10101101 111101 01010101 110101 01100100 110101 01011001 010001 11010111 110101 00111101 010101 01100100 010101 010010101 110101 0101011 110111 11011010 101100 01100100 011101 10010101 010101 11110101 111101 11110101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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, of, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Perdita;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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