This is an analysis of the poem Blanche Sweet that begins with:

MOVING-PICTURE ACTRESS
(After seeing the reel called "Oil and Water.")... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X bcdcefgfefdf ehdhaiaiajkjfeke Xjgjddbddlflkccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,12,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 10100111011000 101011 011001 100110 10111 101010 11101 1110100 1010010 101010 10111 101110 00101 101110 00101 101010 10101 111011 10101 1010100 11101 0110110 11111 111010 10111 101110 101010 101110 100110 101010 10101 101110 10101 101010 10101 101010 10101 101010 10111 101110 10111 101010 10101 100010 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.

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

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