This is an analysis of the poem She Plays With The Dark One that begins with:

She plays with the dark one, her sweet anklets chime.
In full bloom of her youth, she goes to meet Mohan...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXA bcbdA XcddA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001101101 011001110110 1000010 11001101101 111000100110 1101001001 0101101 1001010001 11001101101 100011101001 101011000101 101001101001 1001001110101 11001101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; she, with, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

    The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of She Plays With The Dark One;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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