This is an analysis of the poem The Herb Of Grace that begins with:

Find some freckled fern seed to sprinkle in your shoes
And you may step invisible down the peopled street,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcCXC dedecCeC fefecCgC ehehccaC ijijccgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011010011 1111010010101 11010101110011 1010101110011 11110101011111 110101 101101 10101 1010100110111 10101010111 10110011111101 11011110110111 1010110010110 110101 1111 10101 11001101110101 11110101110101 1011101010011 11011101010001 1011101010111 110101 11110 10101 1001101010001 1000100110111 110100111 01111111111 101110011111 11101 1111 10101 101101011011 1101011011 1101111111 10111101101 10110011011 11101 101101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; you is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word rue 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 Herb Of Grace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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