This is an analysis of the poem A Dialogue Between Thyrsis And Dorinda that begins with:

Dorinda
When Death, shall snatch us from these Kids,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcc XX XX adX XXeee aee XXfgg aee XffeefXXXdX XgXcchhee ae Xe aeccee aiiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,2,3,5,3,5,3,11,9,2,2,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 11111011 11110101 111011 1011111 10 00100010111 10 0111101 010 11111111 01100 10 1110101 1010111 1011101 11010101 010 11111111 11111101 10 11111110 1111101 1010101 10010001 010 10100111 1010001 10 1110111 1111111 11010111 11111101 1111011 11010001 111101 11010100 11111111 0100100 10 11111111 01011101 11110101 11110011 110000101 11010110 1011101 110010101 010 1111 10 010111 010 01011111 10111001 11001101 11010111 01101011 010 1111100111 1111110101 0111110111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word dorinda is repeated.

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

  • summary of A Dialogue Between Thyrsis And Dorinda;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Andrew Marvell