This is an analysis of the poem Perdita that begins with:

She is beautiful yet, with her wondrous hair
And eyes that are stormy with fitful light, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcc Xadaee bdfdgg Xhfhii bcXcff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10100100101 1111100101 010010111 110011111 11011111 010100101 101100111 111111 10111101 0010101 11110101 0110101101 11111111 110011 00110001011 00111001 10100100111 1011101011 11001001010 111101 010101101 0101011 10101011011 1110111001 1100100011 1110101 1010100101 11111011 101100101 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, no are repeated.

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  • summary of Perdita;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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