This is an analysis of the poem To A Greek Girl that begins with:
WITH breath of thyme and bees that hum,
Across the years you seem to come,— ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXbcbX ddeebfbX bbbbgfgX bbgghchX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 01001101 01000111 11111000 01011101 01001100 01011101 0100110 10111011 11010101 10111011 11010101 11111011 11110111 11010111 110110 11011111 01010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 110100101 01101111 011110 01010001 1110101 11111101 11110011 01011001 01010100 01010101 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; where, you, er, in, of, dream are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words across, a are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word autonoe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To A Greek Girl;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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