Hortus by Andrew Marvell: poem analysis

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

Quisnam adeo, mortale genus, praecordia versat:
Heu Palmae, Laurique furor, vel simplicis Herbae!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXXaXXXXbXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXaXX XXXXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101010010 11101011001 101100010110100 10011010010100 1101001011010 100011110010 101101110010 10001101110110 1001011010010 1110011001001 100110010010 1101101010100 1001010100100 1000101010100 101010010010 11111110010 1010101001010 1001011100010 100101101010 1011100101 110101001010 101010010011010 11010111010 1101001010100 1101010110100 1001010001010 1101010010010 110110101000010 101010110100100 0101110100010 11100100010010 1101001000100010 1001010010100 10010111101100 110001010010 11000101010100 1001001101010 1001001000100 11010010101 1011001001100 1001001001010 1001101011010 1001001001010 11110010100110010 10101010010 1101011100010 10010011100100 110110010100100 11010111001010110100 110010101100 10010110001 11010010010100 110101011010 1001010100010 100110100100100 10001101010100 1001101011010 110110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; nec is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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