This is an analysis of the poem The Welcome, that begins with:
DID you know, little child,
Ere you left the outer wild, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabba ccddc ddddd eeffe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101 1110101 101110 101110 111010110011101 0110101 1010101 011011 0101011 111011101010111 1110101 1010101 1011111 0101111 101110101011111 10101001 1011101 001110 101110 101011101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 860
- Average number of words per stanza: 141
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; you, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, a are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Welcome,;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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