This is an analysis of the poem The Fan that begins with:
Are you seventeen or eighteen?(1)
Let me cherish you by all means....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110 11101111 11110101101 111111011 010010101001 10111111010 111111111 1111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, or are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Fan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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