This is an analysis of the poem The White Lilies that begins with:

As a man and woman make
a garden between them like...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcXddbcXc XXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 0100101 01011 110001010 10101 101100 11100100 0101011 1011101 01010 100010101 0101010 10100101001 1101011001 011011100100 11111 101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; all is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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  • summary of The White Lilies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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