This is an analysis of the poem The Bright Medusa that begins with:

She's the daughter of the breeze,
She's the darling of the seas,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbccb ddbeeb XXbaab ffbggbXAAbggb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010001 1010001 111001101101 0010101 0010101 101110101101 1010101 1011111 111010101101 110101 10100101 101011101101 1110101 1010100 111010101101 1110101 1010001 111010101101 1010101 0010101 111111101101 1111111 1110101 111110101101 1010001 1010001 111001101101 1110101 1011101 111011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, him, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she's, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word sa at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Bright Medusa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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