This is an analysis of the poem Thistledown that begins with:
She danced thro' life as light as thistledown,
The grace of Columbine, charm of Pierette,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc dedeXfXf fgfgfhfh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111100 0101011001 1111001000100 01000010111 010101010100 1011111101 110101010100 0110010111 110111010010 0101010001 11011111010 0101000101 101101010100 1001000101 101101011000 1011010011 11111101011 1111111101 11011101110 1111110111 111101011101 0101000101 0101010010101 1100010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, dancing, she, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Thistledown;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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