This is an analysis of the poem Love-Trilogy that begins with:

I.
SHE stood against the Orient sun,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc cdcd dcdX eeXe afXf Xabab abab abab gbgb haXa Xii bb cc jj aa hh kk aa jj ll mm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 110101011 01010011 010010100 110010101 0100100101 11100101 110100101 00110101 01011101 01000101 10011101 10110100 1101101001 11110001 110010111 11000101 11011111 110101101 010111100 11011111 1 10111011 1111111 10101011 111 11111111 10101001 10100011 111 111110101 1101101 11111011 101 10100110 1010111 11111010 101 11101010 1110011 10101010 001 1 1111100111001001 1111001011101111011 1111100111001001 111101011001011001 1111100111101011 111001001111011011 11111000111001111 111001101011001101 1111110111101001 010000111101001100 101101111010010110 110111011100110010 1111001111011101 11111000111001001 111100110011101 0110111010001111101 0100101101001001 0110110111111111 011100111101111 11001111011011001 0101100111011001 1111111011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, o, i, that, like are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words a, let, i, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Love-Trilogy;
  • central theme;
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