This is an analysis of the poem A Question that begins with:
O bird with heart of wassail,
That toss the Bacchic branch,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba CDED FXFe FXgh fXFi ihgh fici XXXX icbXXCDED
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 110101 1111010 110101 111111 110001 111011 11101 011011 01101 010110 11111 011011 010110 1101110 01111 10011 11010 010110 11101 111111 10101 110110 01111 010110 01011 111011 01101 111111 110100 111011 11101 101110 11111 1111011 1001 111111 110001 111011 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; of, me, us, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the, i are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' 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 A Question;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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