This is an analysis of the poem Lady Lilac that begins with:

Her perfume floats upon me in a perfect avalanche ;
' Glory Hallelujah!' shouts the tree toad on the branch. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab cc X X def e dddXd g fg f hhb ee iiff X jjee jjX fc f kg kfXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,1,1,3,1,5,1,2,1,3,2,4,1,4,3,2,1,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 00110110001101 11010001011101 1100010111011 1 101010101001101 10101010001010 1 101010111010100 10101000100111 10111011001000 1 01010111011101 110101011011001 0101010011101 10101011101110 1 01110010101000 1 111110100001000 1 11110101010101 11000101010111 01010110001011 1 01010110010001 1110110010001 110101010010001 0101010010100 1101010010111 110111010101 01 100110110111 1011100011101 111010110010001 101010110101 11010101110101 111100100010 001 1010111010101 11 01010110011011 101011101010 111 010101011111 101 11110110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lady Lilac;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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