This is an analysis of the poem Aileen that begins with:
A splendid sun betwixt the trees
Long spikes of flame did shoot, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccXb deddde fggggg Xaggga gehhhX ifXjjdXeeeX XaiiiX daeeeX ehgggXXeahhha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,11,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 110101 11000101 01011101 11010101 111101 1111011001 010101 11110101 11010101 11000101 110101 11010111 110101 11111111 01011101 110010101 010101 11110101 0101010 11011101 11011101 01111111 0100010 11010101 011101 11011101 01011101 11001101 1101010 01010101 010101 111111110 01110101 100110101 11010100101101111 111100 11111111 11011111 01011101 010101 101100101 01011101 11000101 110101001 11011111 01110010 111010111 0100010 11111101 01011100 11110101 01110100 101111001 110111 11110111 01111101 010101101 10101110 110011111 110101 01011101 11011101 11010111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, oh are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Aileen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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