This is an analysis of the poem Neglectful Edward that begins with:
Nancy
'Edward back from the Indian Sea,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bX c dDX a bX c badDX a bX c bX a ddbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,3,1,2,1,5,1,2,1,2,1,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 101001001 1111110 10 110110110 1010011011 0101010011 10 10111111 111011110 10 111101001 11011110 11111011 1010011011 111111101 10 10111111 111010110 10 111001001 11001110 10 1111111110 1110011011 111110111 110011111 111010110
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your are repeated.
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- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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