Perished by Ella Wheeler Wilcox: poem analysis

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

I called to the summer sun,
“Come over the hills to-day! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcc dedeeee fgfgXff chchXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 1100101 0101011001 1101111001 10111001010 10101011001 11011101011 11001011 1100111 1101111101 1110101101 10111010010 0111011011 10111001101 1100101 1100111 1011111001 1011100101 11001101111 010111001 11011011011 1100111 001001011 1110100101 01011010101 10111011010 0100101101 10101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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