This is an analysis of the poem Lines To Fanny that begins with:

What can I do to drive away
Remembrance from my eyes? for they have seen, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXcccddeeaadd ffcggcXXgbddbhhXccddhhddii jjkkkkkkccbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,26,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 0100111111 1110011101 1101001111 1111010101 011100 11001111111 0101101101 1111 110011100001 1111 1101010101 101101 1000010101 01111111001 0001000111 1001101101 1111 0101 1101011111 0101 0101001 1111010111 1111110100 0100110 1000010101 1101010101 1101 111101 1111011101 0101011101 1000111101 110111011 1101011101 10011011001 1000101011 1111001101 1001100111 1111010111 1101111001 1111011111 1101111111 1110010111 111101 0101011001 1111001101 111101 111111 110111001 1101110101 01010011 1111111111 0101001101 1010001 111101 0101000111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 699
  • Average number of words per stanza: 128
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • 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; whose, enough are repeated.

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  • summary of Lines To Fanny;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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