This is an analysis of the poem Undine that begins with:

IN Undine's mirror the cutpurse found
Five candlesticks by magic drowned, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcacddaadddeeffgeghhiichc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100100101 11011101 110101111 1001101011 111101011 101101011 110010101 11001101 010111111 101101001 010111101 01111111 101101101 110101101 110110111 11001011001 1100101111 1011010101 110111001 1111011001 01001111111 10010101 011100101 0100101110 110101010 01001011001 111111101 0101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 203
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Undine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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