This is an analysis of the poem Portrait that begins with:
She has no need to fear the fall
Of harvest from the laddered reach ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb XcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 010001001 010101110 0011 11010100 010101110 10011001 01010 11110111 10110101 10011111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; she is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, she are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Portrait;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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