This is an analysis of the poem The Fairy Shepherd that begins with:
When stars come gleaming one by one,
And fold and farm are still,...
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: abXbccXcXXbadededfcfaXcagXffefcbfbaahafgeggXhXdbabfaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 111111 11110101 110101 11011111 111101 11110011 110111 11000101 010101 11110111 110111 11111101 110111 01010110 110111 11010111 111111 1110101 110101 11010111 010111 11110101 110111 11000111 0101 11011101 101111 11110101 111101 11010101 110101 11010101 010111 11010101 010111 11111100 010111 11011111 111111 11110101 011101 11011101 110101 11101100 111101 11010111 101101 11110101 010101 11111111 111111 11111101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1563
- Average number of words per stanza: 322
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; my, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Fairy Shepherd;
- 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.
More information about poems by Cicely Fox Smith
- Analysis of The Fight Of The Caroline
- Analysis of The Fight On The Island
- Analysis of The Fighting Merchantmen
