This is an analysis of the poem Response that begins with:
When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes
The light dies out; my soul replies...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb Xacc ddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011001 01111101 01000111 101001101 110101100 111111110 11010111 01010111 10110111 11111111 11110111 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Response;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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