This is an analysis of the poem To A Picture Of Eleonora Duse As that begins with:

Oh flower-sweet face and bended flower-like head!
Oh violet whose purple cannot pale,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcddece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110111101011 1100110101 1101010111 1111010101 1101010101 1100110101 0101010101 1101000110 111000110111 1101010101 0101110001 11001010100 0111110101 1101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 572
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, or are repeated.

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