This is an analysis of the poem The Looking-Glass that begins with:

DINAH stan' befo' de glass,
Lookin' moughty neat,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXXdXdXeeeXaXaXeeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001 10101 1110101 11111 1110111 1011101 1010111 11111 1110101 11111 1011100 10101 1111111 1011101 1011111 10101 1111101 11111 1111101 10101 1111111 11111111 1010111 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 663
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; an' is repeated.

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  • summary of The Looking-Glass;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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