This is an analysis of the poem Girl From Switzerland that begins with:

At the dinner party everyone
Held a glass of champagne or ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb cXdXaXad XcbdXeXXf ffcfggde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,9,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 1010011 11011 100101111 0111111 110101101000 111101 0010001 11011101 101110111010 101101010 001010 01010111 101001 110011110 11111 10101101 111100101000 110011010 0010011 1001 11001 11101001 11110101 111001001 011110110 10111001000 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, not are repeated.

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  • summary of Girl From Switzerland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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