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

Blue and gold, and mist and sunlight,
Veils of colour blent and blown ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXbX bccbbcdede eccXecebeb dffddfdada bffbbfgcgc hcchhchbhb dXbddbeded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1010111 0010101 11111111 11110011 10011101 10110010 1011001 10001010 100100 11100010 1010001 0010101 11101010 10101010 0010101 10100010 1010100 10101010 1011101 10111010 1110101 1010111 10101100 10101110 1011001 10111010 1011111 10101010 1111111 10101110 1010101 1010101 10111010 1010010 1001101 10111010 1010100 10111010 1010111 11101011 1010101 1001111 00101111 11111010 1010101 11111110 1011101 101001110 1110111 10111110 1111101 1010101 100010 11111110 1010001 10101010 1111101 10111010 0010001 10101010 1110100 1010001 10101010 10101110 1010101 10101010 1010101 1011010 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 cloud is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines light is repeated).

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

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