This is an analysis of the poem Lily's Menagerie that begins with:
THERE'S no menagerie, I vow,
Excels my Lily's at this minute;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b ba ccdd ee f g gfdddggffffffgbb h XhhXdd e g giegggb Xd j b jjj b f f g G b g G bg kkbXlleee j jeffm n nmg e eg o ho hdd Xbb X g gXb jb kk ek ee eiXXXXe be b j l lX Xbbhhe ae ahhn gXgn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,4,2,1,1,16,1,6,1,1,7,2,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,9,1,5,1,3,1,2,1,2,3,3,1,1,3,2,2,2,2,7,2,1,1,1,2,6,2,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010011 011111001 110101000 11001111 11111111 11110101 11011101 01011111 100101110111 11010010101 1101001010 11011101 00110001 110101010 01101101001 10011111 0101010101 1001011101 11110101 01010101010 011011011010 010010010 1110010010010 110110110 110110110 11111101 0111011101 1100010101 110101 01111010 111010001 11010111 1011110 1111 1111110101 100010111 010110011 11010101 01010100 01111111 1001011101 111110 1100111111 010100101 10101111100 1001011101 00110101 11011101 11010101 1111011100 1111011100 11000101 110101010 110101010 1101 0101 11010101 1101 0101 11010101 10110111 11001101 01010111 11010101 01011101 1001010101 11011101 010100 0111111111 01010111 01011111 01110111 0001010101 1001001 10010001 101111 110101 110111 1101010101 1111011101 1111111111 11110111 11010101 1101010 0111010101 11110100010 1111010101 0101110101 1101110101 1111010110 0111010101 1101010101 1111110101 110111 110111 1101010 0101110101 11010101 1101010101 11110101 11011101 11010111 1011100101 1101100101 1100111101 1110110101 11011100 1110011111 100111110 110100 1110100 11010111 11010101 1011011100 01011111 11010101001 10110111 1101110101 1101011100 10001010101 1110111111 11011101 11010001 11010101 0101011001 0100010101 1111101110111 111101010111 11111101 110111011 1111011101 11010111111 1101111101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 55
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 134
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, what, her, to, my, she, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same words and, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Lily's Menagerie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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