This is an analysis of the poem The Eumerella Shore that begins with:

There's a happy little valley on the Eumerella shore,
Where I've lingered many happy hours away,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bbaCA dbdb eeaCA fbfbXbbacA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010101010001 111010101001 111010101110101 1110010001 0110111 110111 10100010101 111010101010101 10101010001 101110101011101 11101110101 111010100010001 11101110101 1110101 1010111 11100110101 111010101010101 10101010001 011010101010111 1101110101 11001100110111 1100010101 0110011 1010101 11101010101 1010010101010101 10101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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; running, and are repeated.

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

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

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

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