This is an analysis of the poem The Maiden Speaks that begins with:
How grave thou lookest, loved one! wherefore so?
Thy marble image seems a type of thee;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcdbcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110111001 1101010101 1011011101 0101010101 0101011101 0111010111 1111110101 1101010101 11011101001 1101010101 0101010111 0111001101 1101111101 11111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Maiden Speaks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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