This is an analysis of the poem The Dilemma that begins with:
Now, by the blessed Paphian queen,
Who heaves the breast of sweet sixteen;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffggdd hhiijjdd ffaaeeaa aaggccjj bbggkkjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 11010101 110011111 01110111 11011101 11110101 01110101 11010101 11010011 11010101 010010111 010010101 110101001 11110101 1100111001 11010101 11010111 01010101 11011101 10111101 11110101 11111101 11011111 11010101 11010111 01110101 110101001 11010001 11010101 11101111 11111101 11111111 11011101 110100001 11010101 01011111 11010101 01010101 11010101 1100101001 11110101 01111001 11010101 11110101 11110101 01011101 11010101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, i, she are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Dilemma;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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