This is an analysis of the poem Wild Oats that begins with:

I saw a fair youth, with a brow broad and white,
And an eye that was beaming with intellect's light:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbX bbXXX bbccb aaddX eeffX aagga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001111 111111001001 101101001001 111101101011 101011 1110111011 001111011001 111001101011 101101111001 101001 101111101111 111101001001 101111001001 11001001001 011001 1111111001 01101001101 01101111001 0101100101 1110101 11111011111 101001111001 111111001011 101001111001 111111 001011101101 11101111111 001001011011 101101111001 001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, with, in, you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Wild Oats;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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