This is an analysis of the poem Abishag that begins with:
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She lay, and serving-men her lithe arms took,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbac deec dXbe bbaX XacXeXfXXdfbadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1111010111 1101010011 11110111011 1101000100 1101110101 0111010111 1111010101 0101010101 1110010001 0110110101 0101010001 1101010100 1111010111 11010111010 0101000111 100110101 1 0111010101 0101011001 10010011111 1001010011 0110010111 0101100101 0101010001 1101110101 1101110101 01100110101 00010110111 1101110101 1101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
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- summary of Abishag;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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