This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Delight that begins with:

Oh! Have you stolen out, one summer morning
To pick white crocus ‘neath the garden wall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cded befe ggXg fcbc ehbh Xefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111010 0111010101 11010011010 110111 11010111010 1101011001 00110111110 111111 11110101110 01010100111 11010111010 110101 11110101111 1101010101 1000101101011 010101 11110101010 10110111101 11010101010 110101 111101110111 1101010101 11011101110 110101 00110011011 1101111101 01010101010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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

  • summary of A Song Of Delight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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