This is an analysis of the poem Poesy that begins with:
Long years ago she to our earth descended
From heaven's calm depths of shadowy air and cloud,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba bcXc aaba XdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10011011010 010110100111 01011101010 1100010101 11001101010 10010110111 01111111110 0100110101 110101010010 0100011111 011000101010 0111110101 11010101000 1011010111 110111000101 010010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; she, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.
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- summary of Poesy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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