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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