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

A striped blouse in a clearing by Bazille
Is, you may say, a patroness of boughs ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXab cbXcbX XXdXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110010110 0111010001 11010110001 1101010001 1001011101 1111011100 1001010101 1011011101 1011010100 1111111101 1101010101 1101010011 11111111000 1101010110 1101010101 1101011101 1101010110 1111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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