This is an analysis of the poem The Dress-Maker that begins with:
A CLOISTERED nun had a lover
Dwelling in the neighb'ring town;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccbbddcceffeeXfggffhhgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011010 1000101 11110010 1111111 01010101 11010111 110111101 01010011 01010111 11010101 01110101 10010101 01000111 01001111 11011101 101111001 101010111 10100101010 1111001001 1011110011 101110101 101011011 101111101 101011101 1101110111 1001111010 10011001000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1070
- Average number of words per stanza: 180
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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- summary of The Dress-Maker;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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