This is an analysis of the poem Man's Medley that begins with:
Hark, how the birds do sing,
and woods do ring. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeffe bbgddg hhgiig jjfkkf Xdbllb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 1111 1101111110 1011010 11110 1001010010 001101 1101 0101010111 110101 1101 0111010101 011111 0111 1101110111 1101001 1111 1001010111 111111 1001 1111111111 111111 0101 1101010101 1101110 10010 1111010111 111111 1101 1101111101 110101 1001 1111011011 100111 1101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Man's Medley;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
