This is an analysis of the poem The Gold Lily that begins with:
As I perceive
I am dying now and know...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcbbacXadXaeeXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1110111 10110101 0101010 100011 0101011011 1011111 10110101 101011010 11111 11111 01111 00101111 10101 11101 111110 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of The Gold Lily;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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