This is an analysis of the poem Suttee that begins with:
LAMP of my life, the lips of Death
Hath blown thee out with their sudden breath; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 111101101 11011101 111100101 10111101 111101101 11011101 1010110101 10111101 110110101 11011111 1010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Suttee;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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