This is an analysis of the poem The Harpy that begins with:
There was a woman, and she was wise; woefully wise was she;
She was old, so old, yet her years all told were but a score and three;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX bbX ccc ddd bbb eeX bbb fff aaa gXg hhh Xcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101111100111 1111110011010111 11111010010100100 101111111111010 011101111001010 011111110001100 11111111110111 11011101111111 01010101111111 01110101010101 11111101111111 011111001111111 11010111110111 11000101110111 11011101110001 110111010100010 101111011011110 1100111010100010 11111111111111 11111101111101 11011111100101 01110101011111 11011101101101 11110111101101 1000111010010111 01011101110111 01011101010101 11011101110101 01000101010101 11111101100101 11110101110101 01011101110101 11011101110101 1110010001011010 010000101100101 01010010110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, and, i, must, be, for, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words must, and, with, the are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase she connects the lines.
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- summary of The Harpy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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