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

Said Ann to Matilda, 'I wish that we knew
If what we've been reading of fairies be true.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffddggXXgXXXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001011111 01101001001 1111010011010 010111110010 11011011011 01001001011 01111111011 111101101011 1110110111010 011010010110 111110110110 111111110010 01101101101 001001001011 1110101011101 11001111011 11111001010 111101001111 01101011001 111111101010 101101111010 101101011010 1010110111010 010010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 228
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, her, ' are repeated.

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

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

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

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