This is an analysis of the poem In The Days Of Crinoline that begins with:

A plain tilt-bonnet on her head
She took the path across the leaze.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXX bcbbc dadaa ceXce aaaaa fgffg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11010101 010101001 11011100 1111110 111110001 11010101 11011001 100111001 110101 11011111 01110101 11010101 11010001 110101 01111101 11111001 110001100 1100010011 011111 01110101 01010111 10010111 011101011 100111 111111101 01110111 11111101 100110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of In The Days Of Crinoline;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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