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

Once she woke to fairyland,
Now she wakes to grief,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdeddadafgagdhXhefXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 11101 1010111 11101 1110101 11101 1010101 10101 1011101 10101 1011101 00101 1100101 11101 1000101 11101 0010111 1101 10100101 10001 11010101 10101 10100111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sleep connects the lines.

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

  • summary of The Awakening;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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