This is an analysis of the poem The Portrait that begins with:
In some quaint Nurnberg
maler-atelier... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX abbccddeeccddffaXgghh eehhijhh cciihheeddhhkkXXaf fhhddhijhhXahXeell ffbibhhmmafaXeeaahheechhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,21,8,18,18,25,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01110 10100 10001111101 1111010111 1101110101 0101010101 0001011101 11100101 0011000101 1001010101 0101010100 0101010101 01001011101 0101011111 10011100101 0101010100 0101110101 0101010111 1101010101 0101110111 1101110101 10011001111 1110010101 10010010101 1001001101 0101001101 1111000101 0100110111 1101010100 1111010111 01001010111 010100101 01010010011 0100010101 1001011111 1001010011 1011001101 0101010101 1011010101 0101100101 11110101101 0101110011 1100010101 100010011 01010101001 11010 11110 0101000111 01110101000 1011010011 0011000101 1001010101 0101000011 1001110001 0111 111111 1101010100 0101010101 1101000101 1101010100 1001011111 0111010101 0111001010100 0101001101 1101010101 0101010101 01110100101 1111010101 0111001111 0100110111 10011 00101 0101001111 100100101 1101001111 1111011111 1101010111 010101 1111 1101011100 1110000101 1001110001 0101010101 1001011101 01010010101 1001010101 0011000101 0101010101 0101010 111 0011010111 1001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Portrait;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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