This is an analysis of the poem The Stained Lily that begins with:
WHEN first the maiden fair I eyed,
—This world is a world of grief alone—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBab aBaB aBaBXaBab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 010010101 0101110101 11110101 0111101011 010010101 101100101 11110101 0101110111 010010101 101100111 11110101 110101111 010010101 00101001011 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word moan at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Stained Lily;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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