This is an analysis of the poem Blanche And Nell that begins with:

OH, Blanche is a city lady,
Bedecked in her silks and lace: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba bcdc ecfc Xege bghg caha ihjh ijhX jbdb bjkj hlgl CkhkXCcfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11001010 0100111 1100100101 10101001 11001010 0100111 010110111 10100101 01010010 0100101 0111111011 1010011 11001010 10100111 1011100101 0100111 11010010 1110100 0010110101 1011101 10101111 1101111 1010110101 1010101 11110010 111010101 011100101 10100111 11101010 1100111 1100100101 110001010 0111110 1110101 1010100101 1100111 0111011 1110101 10101101001 0010101 11001010 0111111 11101001110 110111 11001010 1100111 110110101 0100111 11001010 01101011 1111110101 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; her, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, one, that are repeated.

    The author used the same words to, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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