This is an analysis of the poem The Silken Tent that begins with:

She is as in a field a silken tent
At midday when the sunny summer breeze...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcddadaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010010101 1111010101 1101110101 1101010111 1001010101 1001000100 11010100001 1011010101 1101110101 1101010111 01001110101 1101110101 0010000101 0001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, by are repeated.

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  • summary of The Silken Tent;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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