This is an analysis of the poem Inspiration that begins with:

I WANDERED in the enchanted wood,
And as I wandered there, I sang ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec acac fbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110000101 11110111 01110101 110101 11010111 00110101 01111111 111111 01111111 11011111 10110111 110011 110110011 11111101 01111101 111111 01011111 11010101 11110111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 Inspiration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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