This is an analysis of the poem The Nereid that begins with:
Her face the sinking stars desire:
Unto her place the slow deeps bring...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abba cddc effe gddg hiih jkkj hffh aXiA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101010 10010111 11010111 1010101110 01000101 11111111 01010111 01011101 11010001 0111101 01010111 11010101 11110101 10110101 01000101 11010101 010010001 10010001 00011111 0100010101 01110111 11011111 10100111 11001101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01000101 011100010 111101010 10011100 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.
The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Nereid;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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