This is an analysis of the poem La Pucelle that begins with:

She walks the azure meadows where the stars
Shed glowing petals on her moon-white feet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbX bccbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101010111 0101010101 010011100 1101010101 1101010111 0101010101 01010100100 01010101101 10110010101 1111101101 1011011111 0101010001 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; her is repeated.

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