This is an analysis of the poem The Veil that begins with:
THE SISTER
Why, brother, why upon me stare?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a babacdcd a d a eXeffXfg a g a hihajkjk a k a Xciclflf aXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,1,1,8,1,1,1,8,1,1,1,8,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 11010111 111111010 111100101 011101110 11111101 11111101 010111001 111101001 110 1101111101 10 10011111 10111100 11110001 010010001 11011101 11001100 10010111 11110101 1010 0101110101 10 11010101 111111110 010111001 110101010 11111111 11111101 11011101 11110101 110 1111011111 10 10110101 11011001 10110111 11110111 10110101 11110101 101101011 01011101 110 1001110101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; why, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
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- summary of The Veil;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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