This is an analysis of the poem Accomplished Facts that begins with:

Every year Emily Dickinson sent one friend
the first arbutus bud in her garden....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab bXc Xda XXXddXae ccdcecXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001100100111 0110010010 001011001010 0100100101 1001011 0100100110010010 1100011010001 11010100011001 11010101000101 11000010110100 10111011011 11110101 101111111 1100110010011 1010111111 010100011110 101110101 111100111 10101010010 111111111101 11100110110 011001001 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, ride are repeated.

    The author used the same word so 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 Accomplished Facts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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