This is an analysis of the poem A Fairy Prince that begins with:

Prince Charming, when the wizard's wand
Had wrecked for aye my fairyland;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddXadd aaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11111101 11110001 11111001 111111010 11111101 11010101 01011111 11111100 11110101 11110111 11110101 11010101 11111101 11011111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; my, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word had is repeated.

    The author used the same word prince at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Fairy Prince;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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