Weeding by Charles Lamb: poem analysis

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

As busy Aurelia, 'twixt work and 'twixt play,
Was labouring industriously hard... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bXbX cbcb dedX fcfc gcgc dede hghX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010011111 110010001 010110010001 11001011 001001001011 11111111 0110100100101 101001110 11101111001 111111011 01001011101 000101101 11101011011 11101101 01001010101 11101011 101000101011 111001001 0100100101111 11101001 001011001101 11101101 0100101101 11011011 11110001001 01011101 0011010011010 101111001 10011101001 11001001 010111101011 011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; she, and, her are repeated.

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

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

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