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

Consider
The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccb adede afggf ahihi ccddchjjh ciickffkXchhcciic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,9,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 0100011101 1111 101101 1101 010 0100010101 1111 101111 1111 010 0101110111 1111 110101 1101 010 0111111101 1101 111101 0110 101 01111101 01010111 11011101 11111101 11010101 11011011 11110001 01111101 01110101 01010001 11111101 11110111 11111101 10010101 11111111 11110101 10111101 11110101 11010101 11110111 10100111 11000111 10110111 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, down, come are repeated.

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

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

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

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