This is an analysis of the poem The Golden Legend: Ii. A Farm In The Odenwald that begins with:

A garden; morning;_ PRINCE HENRY _seated, with a
book_. ELSIE, _at a distance, gathering flowers._... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,32,29,9,8,14,17,22,1,4,4,1,9,3,5,5,2,9,10,38,1,1,12,1,2,6,7,3,1,1,3,1,3,2,1,5,5,5,1,1,4,1,3,4,1,7,2,4,2,2,1,3,4,1,2,1,5,2,1,2,3,4,6,3,1,1,1,5,1,10,2,1,1,6,7,10,1,1,9,1,1,3,3,2,1,1,3,3,21,1,9,1,2,2,3,9,5,4,1,10,2,8,4,2,13,1,1,8,1,1,8,2,11,1,16,1,15,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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  • Amount of stanzas: 178
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 967
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; his, and, of, new, same, had, thy, i, thee, her, thou, as, she, so, strange, hast, in, my, on, me, not, what, dust, be, have, it, which are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and, new, a, elsie, 'for, he, let, i, we, what, why, the, dust, to, it are repeated.

    The author used the same words elsie, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, fade, him, thee, amen, night, gates, me are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ', amen, night, promise at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases elsie, it connect the lines.

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  • summary of The Golden Legend: Ii. A Farm In The Odenwald;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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