This is an analysis of the poem Ilse that begins with:
I was a child of fifteen,
A child of pure innocence,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab XXXa XXXb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 0101100 111010 010101 1111010 11011 1101110 10101 111111 101010100 11010010111 1101100001 01011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gently connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ilse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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