This is an analysis of the poem And Like A Dying Lady, Lean And Pale that begins with:

And like a dying lady, lean and pale,
Who totters forth, wrapp'd in a gauzy veil,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 1101100101 1001011001 11010000101 0101100101 01110110110000000100001010010100001010101000010110010100110110111000100001011001011010100100010000101101010000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 100 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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