This is an analysis of the poem Galatea that begins with:

A SILVER slope, a fall of firs, a league of gleaming grasses,
And fiery cones, and sultry spurs, and swarthy pits and passes!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xb cc dd ee cc cc ff gg ff cc cc Xa bb ccXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101010101010 1100111011101110 0111110111011100 111101011111110 0101010011101010 010101010101110 110111011101110 110101011101010 110101011101010 111101010111010 1111010111010110 110101010101110 0100111010111010 0101010100111010 11011001111111 1101011110001111 1101010011101010 110111111111010 110101111111011 110111111101111 1101110011101010 111111111101010 110101011101110 110101011101010 110111011101010 110101110100110 010101010111010 1011000101001010 0101011111010110 110111011001010 110101011101010 010111010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her, thee, me are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Galatea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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