This is an analysis of the poem Lady With Camelias that begins with:

Your whole way with shining evil's coal
Margaret, they all do bravely judge....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa baab XccX cXXX dXed fcef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101 100111101 111010111 100110111 011000111 011000101 100100101 111101101 101110101 101000111100 1010001010 1010001110011 1110101010 111011111 111000101 1110101010 0100101010 10100011001 101000011 0110110010 001010111 0100101010 1011100101 101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; your, and, love, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, they, day, all's are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines smile is repeated).

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  • summary of Lady With Camelias;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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