This is an analysis of the poem Lilly Of Misdeeds that begins with:

Lilly of misdeeds,
A suburban missus sipping......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdecXffaXghaeiiX hfff hbXidaXhhXjdjffj djhX bf XegX XXfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,4,16,4,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001 00101010 001110 01010101 110111 10101001 01011 00111 101001 001100 10001 10001 0111100 1111 1 0101001 010101 1011010 10010110 011111 1100010 010101 101011 1100010 01111 11011 11111 011010 1111 11100010 10111 110110 11011010 101 1010 11010 0101011 101010100 1010111 11 11011111 11010010 1111010 101 11 01110010 1111 1001001 11 10101 11110011 00101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word lilly at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Lilly Of Misdeeds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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