This is an analysis of the poem Lucy that begins with:
I.
STRANGE fits of passion have I known:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbc abab aaaa dcdc dbdb eded fffX X ghgh baba iaia X baba jkjk clcl ffff X llbmmb aabllb bbgjjg ffajjX kknffn ddchhX bbabba a cgcgXngng
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 11010111 110101 10010101 110101 111111001 110101 10010111 011101 01011111 110011 010011111 111101 11110101 111101 01010101 111101 01011111 1101001 11011111 100101 11111101 111101 11010101 110111 11110101 000101 110101111 1101011 1 110101001 0100101 01110101 110101 010010101 110001 11011101 010001 11011111 110100 11000111 010001 1 1001011 010101 11001111 111101 11110101 101111 01011111 011111 01010011 0101010 11110101 0111010 11011101 0101101 11100111 110101 1 101101110 1101110010 111101 01101101 11011101 010011 10001100 11101101 010111 0111001110 111101010 010101 11010101 11010101 1101001 10100101 10010101 011001 11011111 00100111 111101 100010001 11110101 110100 11011101 00111101 0100101 110011101 110101001 110001 11010001 11010101 010101 11010101 11110101 100101 11010111 11110111 111101 01011101 01000110 110100 1 1001101 111101 11011111 010100 11011111 110111 11010101 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 111
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i, and, in, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is 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 Lucy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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