This is an analysis of the poem Gilly that begins with:
Where have you been, Gilly, where have you been?
Shooting at a mark with the lads Upon the green?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX cXdd ccbb Xcee ffbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101110 101010010101 111011010110 1111011010110 0010111101100 1111110111 001101010111 11110101111 11110010101 110111110101 010110010110 111011010110 1111111011111 11001111001 110010111110 1111011111010 10111010101 11101111001 110011010110 110110010110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, all, what, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Gilly;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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