This is an analysis of the poem The Lotus-Flower that begins with:

All the heights of the high shores gleam
   Red and gold at the sunset hour: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bbXb efef ghgh hdhd bibi hdhd fjXj hkhk XchcXeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100111 111101110 110100101 1010101010 0110101101 0110100111 0100100101 011101111 0101101010 11011001010 111101101 0101001010 110100101 110101101 111100101 110101111 1111101011 010100101 111100101 011101111 010110101 010100101 011110111 111100101 1101101110 010100101 11001011010 10110001001 111110101 010101101 1110001001 010100101 110100101 111101111 111100100 010110101 110100101 111110101 111100101 110101111 010110101 010100101 110100101 011101101 111101111 110100101 110100101 011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; with, flower, and, fall are repeated.

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  • summary of The Lotus-Flower;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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