This is an analysis of the poem Under The Violets that begins with:

HER hands are cold; her face is white;
No more her pulses come and go;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd efeff cgcgg hihii jkjkk dddddXfbfbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11010111 01110111 10110111 110101001 11010101 011101001 01010101 11110101 01010101 11110101 111100111 01010111 11010001 11111101 110110101 11110101 110000101 01010101 11110101 100101011 01000101 1100101001 11010101 110001001 11011101 100100111 01010101 01010101 11101101 11010001 11010111 11010111 01110001 11011101 01010101 11110101 11000101 11010001 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and are repeated.

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

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