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

Fair Venevil hastened with tripping feet
Her lover to meet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabX bBBX cXdXdBBX eXeee dXdXd dXfXf cXeXe bbbbbBBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,5,5,5,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100101 01001 111011001101 101010 1101011110011 10001 111011 1101110011001110 1110100101 101110 11011010001 101110 11010101011101 10001 111011 1101110011001110 11101101111 111010 11111011011 0111 11011101111101 1111110101 101110 11111001011 101110 11011101111101 1100101101 10001110 11011111011 100110 01011101011111 1111100101 101110 11011101001 10111000 11111111110111 1110100101 10101 11011101101 101001 11000101110101 10001 111011 1101110011001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, she are repeated.

    The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines away is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word gay at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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