This is an analysis of the poem Chorus Girl that begins with:

Her voice was like rose-fragrance waltzing in the wind.
She seemed a shadow stained with shadow colors...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 011111010001 11011101110 1011011 010111110 100101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Chorus Girl;
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  • history of its creation;
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