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

it lay in my palm soft and trembled
as a new bird and i thought about...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccbaXdad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111110 101111101 010011011010 10110110 0011010110 10110111010 1101000101 110111010 11100101111 10011101 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Lorena;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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