This is an analysis of the poem A Fancy that begins with:

A LITTLE sprite sat on a moonbeam,
When the night was waning away,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXbebbfXffgheXhdgigXbjiji XkfkibXXbabb XbbbcXXXjXjiXbeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,12,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111011 10111001 110010010 1011101 011111100 1 101101011 011011010 110110001 1011110011 11111001 1 1111011111 11101001 1110110010 11101101 011010010 1 1110111 10100110010 1011110001 1110011010 00111101001 1 1011110111 11000111 001011010 1011111 10111010010 1 1111101 1111010 101011001 1111110110 1111101 1 1111111010 10100101 10111010110 101101010 1110110011 1 1110010001 1111110111 01011001 10110010010 1110110010 1 11001110 1100111 001100010 1100101 11001010 1 11101001 0011010010 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 623
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Fancy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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