A Song Of Hope by George MacDonald: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Hope that begins with:

I dinna ken what's come ower me!
There's a how whaur ance was a hert!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXaX bcXcbc XXXXXX XdXdXd XeXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 10111101 11011101 10110111 1101101101 1011101 111101010 0111101 111111010 1111101 111101010 1011101 011111011 11101111 010111110 11111110 0110111 11101001 1101110 110111 110010110 111111111 1101110 11110101 111110110 1011111 1111111110 101101 1111111010 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; me, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, i'll are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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