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

Cherry, cherry,
glowing on the hearth,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaabc deaefgddbbg hehiedi jgdkljm icdkldmkcdkdnnkoodndokod nXpndkkdfXkcfdkbh XpclgXplhbfncdXefn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,7,7,24,17,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 10101 1110 11101110 101 101101 11111 1100101 11111010 11101 1101010001 111 1110010 1111011101 111010001 1110001 111101 101110 0110101 1110110 11011 101101 1010110 1100101 1111 11011 10101011 11011110111011 1101110110010 1111111111111 101001 0101 0101101 111010110 011011 110010 111111010 1011100110 010011111 11111 101110 11001010111 110101 11001 1011001111 11101011001 101100101 111100101 011111 110111 10111 11101 110111 111111101 00100111 1011111 1101110010 1111101 10111001 1010101 1110 011001 11001101 111011101 111101101101101 11001001 101110011101 1101011 10111110110 101010101 111111011 01101110 1110 110111101 11101 1010 1110101 10101001 1101 100111010 1010100110 1011111 11111101101 1111101 1101001 10101101 0011011 011001 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; cherry, you, grandpa, and, as, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cherry, bank, hair are repeated).

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

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