This is an analysis of the poem A Student’s Song that begins with:

When I was a merry young fellow
I loved the red juice of the grape....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbddddcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010110 11011001 1111111110 01011101 1111110010 11011001 11111100110 110010011 111111110 11101111 0010111010 11101010 110111010 11111101 111110010 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; i, to, but are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, for are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Student’s Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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