This is an analysis of the poem Her Triumph that begins with:

I did the dragon's will until you came
Because I had fancied love a casual... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001000111 01111010100 1001010101 1100110101 1101110011 11001001101 1111010101 11101011100 1101111101 1111010100 1111010101 10010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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