This is an analysis of the poem Agatha that begins with:

SHE wanders in the April woods,
That glisten with the fallen shower; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXbacdcd ececcecedfdf agaggagachch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 110001010 11010101 111111010 110010010 11010101 011101110 01011101 11011001 11010101 10011101 111101 01010111 01111101 01110101 011010101 01110111 0110111 11011101 11000101 11111101 110111011 110101001 0111001 11111111 11110111 010011101 11011101 01110101 10110101 01110101 01111101 10010111 01111111 10010101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 459
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, her, to are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Agatha;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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