This is an analysis of the poem Lily of the Nile that begins with:

Queenly lily, fair and fragrant,
I have watched thy charms unroll... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXababa cdbdeaea fghghaha XiXijaja hebefXfa cXedaaXa heXefXfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 1111110 1110110 1011101 101010010 0110111 1001010 1010001 10011110 1010011 11011010 1010101 11101010 011010101 111010010 1010001 11111010 1111101 111010110 1110111 101110110 10100101 11101110 1010001 10101111 1010101 11101010 1011101 11101110 0011101 10011010 1010001 11101010 1010101 10101010 10101001 11101010 1110010 101001110 1010001 01111010 01101100 01101110 00101101 10101110 1000111 01111100 1010001 11111010 1010101 11111010 1000111 11111010 11101100 00111110 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; thy, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words dost, for are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Lily of the Nile;
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