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

The fairies, the fairies, the mischief-loving fairies,
Have stolen my loved one, my darling, and my dear;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXBacXcXdXddeXe XbdB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100100101010 110111110111 011100111111 11110101110101 0100101111010 11010110110101 111101011100110 111011100110111 01111111001000 0111010111111 11011100111010 1110110011111 1101101100011 1111111010110 00101110011010 01101001010111 0100100011010 1101011110111 0111100111111 11110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 572
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, fairies, i'll, her, you are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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