This is an analysis of the poem Lady At A Mirror that begins with:

As in sleeping-drink spices
softly she loosens in the liquid-clear...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd dbee XdX Xac X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1010110 1011000101 10001010 11101101 1111010 100011101 000101101 101000101 11100001011 101011101 10010011110 1000111010 0010111011 1010100110 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; she is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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