This is an analysis of the poem Ballad that begins with:
The Lord's son stood at the clear spring head,
The May on the other side,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbccaXadXdXececafaXafaXgXgXaaaXfhfhiaiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111101011 0110101 111110111 111111 111010101 10101101 1101101111 0111111 11111111 110111 1101011110 011011 1110111101 110101110 0011101111 11110010 011110101 011101 1101111101 11111111 100100101 11011011 111101101 11111101 1010100101 11011011 110111111 011111 11111101 110111 1111111111 1100110 1110110101 1100101 111011111 110111 0100111101 1110101 011110101 111101001 1101100111 101101001 1101111 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1611
- Average number of words per stanza: 333
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, his, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, but, where are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ballad;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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