This is an analysis of the poem Three Grey Days that begins with:
If she would come, now, and say, What will you, Lover?—
She who has the fairest gifts of al the earth to give—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababc XcX de edecfc f acac eeee g Xgeef Xef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,2,6,1,4,4,1,5,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111110110 1110101010101 1111110101010 0111101111111 111010101010 1110101110111 110110111110 11101011110111 101111111010 1111011110001 1010111111101 0 10110010010101 10101010111110 110111011111 101110101010 10111010011 11111010101010 1111111010111 1110111111010 11110100101101 1110110101010 101011110101 101011101010 101110110011 1111011110110 11110101010101 11110101111010 0101111010101 1110101101110 01111011101 1011101110110 0111111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; her, she, of, o are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Three Grey Days;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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