This is an analysis of the poem All Day She Quiet Lay that begins with:

All day she quiet lay, lost in a trance,
The closing shadows all of her embracing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc XbdXXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111011001 01011100010 01110101110 11011101110 1101010111 01010111010 0111110101 11000101010 1100111111 11010111010 0101010101 1011101111110 1101111101 11011100010 011111101111 11110001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of All Day She Quiet Lay;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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