This is an analysis of the poem The Pixy People that begins with:
It was just a very
Merry fairy dream!--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABCDCD eeeXfgfg ehXhfifi jdjdklkl ahahdkdk XhkhkXkf bhbhbdbdXABABCDCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010 10101 101010 00111 100010 100111 101110 11101 001010 10110 101010 10101 101010 00101 101010 10111 101010 00101 100010 00101 101010 10101 100010 00101 101010 10001 101010 001001 101010 11111 001110 10101 101010 10001 101010 1111 001010 1111 101010 10111 11010 01000110 111011 010101 111011 010100 1101011 110101 1110100 11101 11110100 1101001 1110100 11101 11111100 10101 011010 10101 101010 00111 100010 100111 101110 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, one 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 one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Pixy People;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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