This is an analysis of the poem Dora that begins with:

SHE knelt upon her brother's grave,
   My little girl of six years old-- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbbbbddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 11001011 11010111 11011101 01110101 1110010111 0101011111 1111 110101 1101 1001011101 10010100 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Dora;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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