This is an analysis of the poem The Little Lady Of The Bullock Cart that begins with:

Now is the time when India is gay
With wedding parties; and the radiant throngs... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcabC cbcXbC decdeC Xcbccbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110001 01010101001 1101011101 0101010101 1101011101 0101000101 1001010101 0111011101 110111001001 1001011010 1001110101 0101000101 00010101010 1100110101 0111010101 110100010010 1101010111 0101000101 1101010011 1111010100 1101000101 1101010111 1101010101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; so is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word cart at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of The Little Lady Of The Bullock Cart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox