This is an analysis of the poem The Green Bowl that begins with:

This little bowl is like a mossy pool
In a Spring wood, where dogtooth violets grow ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXbXXabXXaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 000111101001 10010011001 0101100101 1101010101 1100010101 11101011101 11001101101 1101110111 0101010101 1101000111 1001110101 0101010011 1011011101 1111001101 1101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 724
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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

  • summary of The Green Bowl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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