This is an analysis of the poem The Mirror that begins with:
Oh, long ago she dwelt
In this gay little room...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccDDE afgfhhDDE XgdgeeDDE ibgbaaDdE ajgjaXDdE eakaiiDdE abfbjjDdE glglllDdE jcackkDdEXljgjkkDdE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 001101 1111110 111101 110101 010101 101101 111101 1101 110111 110101 010111 110101 011101 011111 101101 111101 0101 110011 110101 110111 101101 1001001 010111 101101 111101 1101 110111 010101 101111 111101 101101 010001 101101 111101 0101 111111 111101 111111 110111 101111 110111 101101 111101 1101 111101 100111 111111 110101 011011 011101 101101 111101 0101 110101 110111 100111 111101 111111 011101 101101 110111 0101 111111 1100101 110111 111111 110001 0101011 101101 111111 0101 011101 010101 011111 111101 110101 111111 101101 111101 0101 100111 001111 110111 011101 110111 111111 101101 111111 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, thou, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word here is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word back at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Mirror;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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