This is an analysis of the poem The Ape And The Lady that begins with:

A LADY fair, of lineage high,
Was loved by an Ape, in the days gone by -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdeeXd ffggCCbhhbb iibbCCjkkjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001 1111100111 011100101 011010101 10111 0111 1011011101 01110 101010 11100101001101 0100010001 0010100101 1101011101 1110011101 11101000101 10111 0111 101110101 01010 101100 101010101 1010111011 111111111 110100111 1010110111 1100111001 10111 0111 1010110101 1010010 001110 101110101 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; he, his, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Ape And The Lady;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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