This is an analysis of the poem Elusion that begins with:
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My soul goes out to her who says,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bXcbbbbbb X deeddeded X bffbbgbgb X hiihhchch a aggaXjkjk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11110011 110111110 11010111 110100111 01011111 01010111 00111101 010111110 110010101 1 01110101 010101001 11110101 01110101 01111111 011101001 01010101 10010101 01011101 1 01110111 11010101 10111111 01110101 110100111 110101011 01010101 01010111 11000111 1 01111001 01111001 01100101 01010111 11011101 11110101 11011111 11110101 11100111 1 01111110 11011100 01010111 01011111 11011100 10110111 01100100 010101001 11010100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, sometimes, her are repeated.
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- summary of Elusion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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