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

She was so wonderful I wondered
If wedding me she had not blundered;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbaa eebbbX aabbcc ddffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100110 010111110 111111011 1100111011 101100110 010101010 11111101 11110011 00010011 11111111 11110101 11010111 01011111 11010001 110011001 11111101 01010101 1010111010 1010101011 11011111 11111001 11111100 01010101 10110011 11111111 01010001 10110101 11111101 10111101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, so, me, i, my are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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  • summary of The Undying;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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