This is an analysis of the poem A Legend Of The Lily that begins with:

Pale as a star that shines through rain
Her face was seen at the window-pane,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa aaa bbX ccc XbX ddd bXX eee eee fff aaa aaX ffX XXX ggg fff ccX hhX bbb aXa iiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 011110101 01111101 010011111 01011111 10110110111 111100111 11111111 110100111 111100101 1001101110 1100111101 1100111100 1100010111 110110111 111100111 1010110101 1100111101 110111101 1100100100 110100111 111100101 1011100101 1100111101 110110101 101110101 10110100101 101110101 011111011 1010101111 11100111011 101011111 1010010101 111110110 010111111 110001101 110110101 10010111 010011101 111100101 1110110101 0101001100 111011111 1011100111 1100100101 110110101 1011011100 1100101011 1100100100 01110111 01010111 1010110101 11011111 011001110 10110100101 1101001001 1100110111 10100110101 110100100 010100101 1111011111 1011110101 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; face, and, her, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, and, where are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Legend Of The Lily;
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