This is an analysis of the poem The Beautiful Toilet that begins with:

Blue, blue is the grass about the river
And the willows have overfilled the close garden....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX Xbba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101010 1011110000110 1010100010001 11011011001 101110101 11101000011 1111001 1111001 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; she is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Beautiful Toilet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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