This is an analysis of the poem The Flower And The Leaf, Or The Lady In The Arbour. A Vision that begins with:

Now turning from the wintry signs, the sun
His course exalted through the Ram had run,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdddcceeffddggffaahhffiidddggfffjjffkkaagghhldggffhhXhjjaahhaakkffjjaahhaaiimmjjfnaaaajjhhooddiiffiijjiihhddjjgghhkkllnnffhhjjggbbhhjjkkaajjddjjlldjXmmkkjjXjXdaahhhhddhhaaakkjjkkdliijjjjggdddgghhhhjjddmmddffbbaaffffhhggddhhjjjppiidXaaaajjhhjjiiddjjjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 618,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 27551
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4985
  • Amount of lines: 618
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, with, so, to, their, of, her, she, they, in, or, my, three are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, a, who, for, even are repeated.

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  • summary of The Flower And The Leaf, Or The Lady In The Arbour. A Vision;
  • central theme;
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  • critical appreciation.

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