This is an analysis of the poem The Fair Maiden that begins with:

The night when the fair maiden revealed the likeness of her form to me,
The warmth of her cheeks, the veil of her hair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101100101000101 0100101001 101011100 0101010 111011010010 0101001001 010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, her are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Fair Maiden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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