This is an analysis of the poem What Look Hath She that begins with:

What look hath she,
What majestie, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccb Xabccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 110 1111010 1101 1111 1111010 110 1111 1111010 1101 1101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what is repeated.

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

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

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  • history of its creation;
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