This is an analysis of the poem She Was A Phantom Of Delight that begins with:

She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccdd eedXaaffgg cchhiiffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 11110111 01010101 00010100 01110111 11010101 11110101 01110101 01011101 01010111 110010101 01010101 01110111 11010100 01000101 10110011 01011110 11010101 11010101 11110111 11110101 01010001 01010101 010001111 010101000 10011111 00110101 01010101 11010111 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; her is repeated.

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

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  • summary of She Was A Phantom Of Delight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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