This is an analysis of the poem Lilith's Lover that begins with:
White art thou, O Lilith! as the foam that glimmers and quivers,
Glitters and clingingly silvers and snows from the balm... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabaaba X cdcdccd X efffefeef X gbgbbgb h hghhghg h eiieieei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,7,1,9,1,7,1,7,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110101110110 1011001011001 001001001001110 1101111001001 1001001 1111011110110 010011111111011 1 1011110110110 0101101001001 10100111011110 1010101101011 100100001110 111010 011001001001 1 10111101010110 1011011100111 1111011 100101 110111010010110 1001011100101 1111001011101110 1001110 1111101011111 1 0110101110010 0110100100101 01101011010110010 010011101100101 101101 0101001010010 0100101110101100 1 11001111110111 1100100111111 110110010010111 1001111 110101111001 11010010110111 101001011101001 1 101010110010 11111010101 11101100100101 1111010010110 1101100111001 110110010110010 010110010 101111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, o, that, me, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines palm, cattle, cheeks, lover, these, me, night, number are repeated).
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- summary of Lilith's Lover;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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