This is an analysis of the poem Eve that begins with:

Eve, with her basket, was
Deep in the bells and grass, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacCbadedfgghfffdgiiXgccXbiiXbjjdakkabhhbelllemmgjkkgjimcCdmccgm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 66,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 100111 100111 1001 100101 101101 100111 1001 110100 100101 1010100 1001 101101 101101 110101 1011 101100 110101 101100 1001 110101 100101 111100 1011 101101 100101 101100 1101 100100 100100 10010 11001 111101 110101 11110 01011 100111 100101 1000101 0001 110101 001101 100111 1011 100101 101101 10110 01001 110101 101101 110101 1001 101101 111101 11111 11001 10010 11001 101101 101101 100100 1001 100101 100101 100111 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1574
  • Average number of words per stanza: 285
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, 'eva are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines grass, and, him are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase listening connects the lines.

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  • summary of Eve;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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