This is an analysis of the poem To The Portrait Of that begins with:

Well, Miss, I wonder where you live,
I wonder what’s your name,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcXc dcecfcec agbggefe chdhXidi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 110011 11011100 010101 011001001 011101 01110101 111101 11100101 110111 11010101 010101 11011101 010101 11110111 110111 10110111 011101 11010101 011101 11010111 111111 11011101 111101 11110101 111111 01110101 110101 11001111 011111 01010111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, wonder, perhaps are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To The Portrait Of;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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