This is an analysis of the poem To Seraphina that begins with:
The wanton's charms, however bright,
Are like the false illusive light... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaaaaaccddcceeffcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 11010101 110010001 01000101 11111101 11011101 01010101 11010101 1100111001 01000111 010110001 11011101 11000101 01110100 11010101 010100101 01100101 00010101 10110001 11110101 11000101 110010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 760
- Average number of words per stanza: 126
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to is repeated.
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- summary of To Seraphina;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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