This is an analysis of the poem Lilah, Alice, Hypatia that begins with:

To Alice and Hypatia Bradlaugh
Who was Lilah? I am sure...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbaaccddee bbeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110010 1110111 1111111 0010111 1010101 1111111 1001101 1011101 1011111 1110111 1011101 1111111 1110101 1010101 1011111 1000101 1110111 1101101 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Lilah, Alice, Hypatia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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