This is an analysis of the poem Portraits that begins with:
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MOTHER...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b a c b X d edfdffgfXacX X X ehXgcc X a fcdf a XXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,12,1,1,6,1,1,4,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10 1 11111110110101110110101100101011010011001011010100010010111111111 11111001110101110111111011101010010001110001010 1 011 101000 01000101 101111101011 11101101011 1110 111001 100010 0110100010 10100010 10101101 10011011 11001110 1 01 101 101001 11011 110101 11110010 10100001 1 0111 1111101101 11110101 101111010 01011011 1 0101 10011011101011110011101010111011001010011101011001101010001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; in, you, of, and, your are repeated.
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- summary of Portraits;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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