This is an analysis of the poem The Lovers that begins with:

One idle hour she sought to see
Whose image 'twas he cherished so... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdca eXeX fgfg acdX hghX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101101 11011101 11010110 11011011 01010101 11001100 11001111 01111111 11011101 11000101 01011111 100111110 11010001 11011111 11001101 11010101 100111011 11000101 11011100 111110110 11011101 11111111 1010111 10011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ' 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 The Lovers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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