This is an analysis of the poem The Kiss Returned that begins with:

AS WILLIAM walking with his wife was seen,
A man of rank admired her lovely mien....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacc bbdd eeffbbgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101000111 01010100101 1111010111 1101011101 0111010101 1101111101 1111010111 1111010101 01000101010 0101011101 11001001101 1101011101 10111011001 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1111110111 1101000101 0011110101 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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  • summary of The Kiss Returned;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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