This is an analysis of the poem Fair Rosamond that begins with:

When as King Henry rulde this land,
The second of that name,...

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: abXb XcXc adXd Xefe XgXg cXhX difi adad jXeX Xklk mcXc iXnj flXX dXfX hccX dlbX XXdX fcXc XkXk Xcfc fXXX XlXX XXXX XnXn dXcX XfXX elkl XXfX alcX aXcX XcfX lXXj XnXn fmXX XXah bXXd lcXc aldX fXak Xlil Xafa mXlX Xncn XlXl Xafa mkXX XdXdXblml
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 010011 01011101 011101 1101011 010101 01010001 110101 010101101 100111 01001110110 010101 010101010 010101 1101101 110001 11001100 01111 01111100 11011 01111001 0101001 110101010 011101 1100011011 011101 1101101 0001001 1111001 010101 11100101 110011 11011101 111111 010001011 100101 11011101 110101 010101101 111001 110101001 110101 01010110 010101 11011101 010110 01000101 0100111 11001101 110111 010100101 01110 110010101 110110 11010101 1111100 111111010 110101 11010101 1100010 11110111 11011 10111111 111101 1100111 010111 0100011 0101001 10011101 0101101 11010101 110101 010110101 011111 11010110 010101 11011001 011101 11100101 01001 11101001 110101 10111010 010111 111111010 010101 100111110 111110 111111010 101110 11010111 111110 11011101 111101 111101011 110111 11101101 011111 10110111 111001 11110110 111001 11011101 1111010 10111101 111111 010011101 110111 11011110 1111100 110101110 1101110 11110101 0101101 11100101 111110 11110111 110101 11011111 110111 11110111 011101 010001101 1111010 110001101 110111 11001101 111111 11110111 01011 10111100 010111 11011101 100111 010011100 010110 1111011 010101 1001011 1001010 11111101 010101 1111100 111101 11010101 100101 1101001 100101 110111011 11111 1111011 111101 1100101 110001 11000111 101001 110111010 110001 11110101 01101 10011101 101101 11010011 010111 11011111 111110 01111101 111101 101101010 111101 11010101 0101001 110101001 100011 0101101 111101 11010101 110001 10010101 110101 110101010 10111 11010101 011110 11111101 110101 01010110 1101001 01011001 111101 1101101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 192
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less 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; her, and, my, your, not are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words and, 'my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Anonymous Olde English