This is an analysis of the poem A Chrysalis that begins with:

My little Mädchen found one day
A curious something in her play,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbbbbbaXXaadeebaabaffXggbbhaahddii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 010010001 111111011 01110111 11111111 11011101 11111111 10010111 11000101 01011101 11011101 1010101000 1010101110 01011101 11110110 11010100 11000111 11110101 11010101 10010111 01010111 11000111 1000100101 01011101 10010001 101110110 110111111 11010101 01010111 1101101 01010111 11110101 11001101 01010101 01010100 11110100 11111001 1101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 245
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; or, and are repeated.

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  • summary of A Chrysalis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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