This is an analysis of the poem Will O' The Wisp that begins with:
Follow me, follow me,
Over brake and under tree, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaXbAbccccddeeAbfgXhdffiiGfGdiiddhddhhbbGgGghgEejdjjddjdGeEGJkkjjjXjJjGAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 73,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 1011101 1010100 10110 101101 111110 1010 1110 1110 1110 1000101 1011101 0010101 1010111 101101 101110 110101 1010111 10101010 10111110 10001010 101 101 101 0101 10111 1000101 10111 111010010 10100101 1011101 10111001 1011111 10101010 11111111 11001101 1010 1110 1110 1010 10111 111111 10111 1110101 10001110 1010011 1011101 1000101 1110101 0111101 1110101 1110111 1010101 111111 10101 1000111 10111 1011001 1011101 10111 1010101 1110111 1011101 0011 1010101 01010101 11111111 11101 1010101 1010101 10111 101101 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1996
- Average number of words per stanza: 362
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; follow, and, their, down, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word such is repeated.
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- summary of Will O' The Wisp;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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