This is an analysis of the poem Maiden-Song that begins with:
Long ago and long ago,
And long ago still, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: AbcbdefeA cgeXchgicia AhAhXeiebXX cbdbidddadada chchcbjba dfkffehea khkhfeXea bieilfffXfcfa fmnmkaja oaX pikikejeceX fojofljlkXa mkXcocncdjpja lbqbchchahX ebXbddkdcXX imfXefpXhfbfffa chdhdfrfbfa kbnbMnMna rhnhdhnncna qnnniecefea ilelXjhjaXmfffendndnA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,11,13,9,9,9,13,8,3,11,11,13,11,11,15,11,9,11,11,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 11011 1111010 010101 11110 111101 1111100 111111 1011101 11010101 1111010 1011101 101110 1010001 111001 1110010110 110101 1011101 110101 0011111 1101111 01101 1101111 1101 11111010 10111 11001111 111011 1011101 0101011 1111101 111110 101000 1011101 110111 1010111 100101 1011101 001001 1011101 1101001 1011101 10111 1110111 1110101 011101 1110101 011101 1110101 011101 10010101 1001001 0010101 111010 10101 1011001 11111 1110111 010111 010010111 1100101 11110111 1111101 11111 1010101 10111 1010101 010101 11111101 1101 1010101 1010001 10101 11100111 010111 110111 10111 11111101 111101 11000101 010101 11010001 011001 11101001 11011001 011001 1111111 10111 1111001 10111 1011101 10101 1110001 10111 1111111 11010101 100101 111101001 111101 11010111 110110 10010001 111101 10010001 110001 11111101 1010001 11101 1110111 01101 1110111 10111 11110111 001101 01010101 010111 01011111 10011101 010101 0010101 10100 11010101 110101 110101001 011101 11010110 110111 11010101 111111 1011111 1110101 101101 1111111 110101 1111101 10111 1111101 11111 1111101 11111 1111111 0010111 101001 1111111 011001 11001101 111101 01010101 111111 11010101 110111 11011111 110010111 011101 01110111 110101 11011101 111101 100110101 1101010 11111101 010101 11010100 010001 11010111 100101 11011101 01110101 110101 11000101 1001001 10110101 110101 11010100 110001 11011101 011101 101101011 1010100 110100 10010111 010101 11010111 10001 11010111 110101 01011101 0101110 101101 1010101 101001 1010001 11111 0010101 010001 11111001 110111 0010101 10011111 1100001 100111001 0100101 1010101 00101 1111111 010111 111101001 110111 1011101 110010101 01101 1111001 10101 1110001 110111 1011101 00101 1010111 1010101 10001 1110111 010101 11011101 110101 11110101 110101 1110111 00111 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 229
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; long, ago, one, all, like, warbling, with, i, be, noted, ', to, his, sang are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words half, warbling, all, awhile, like, sang are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' 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 Maiden-Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
