This is an analysis of the poem Fairy Tale that begins with:

Babies carried off and changed by fairies. In mid winter of
last winter of 1884, in Burghed, in the North of Scotland,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXc ddcceeddffeeXb XXgghhiijjbbXckkff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,14,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111001100 11001010001010 01110100000101 01010100101110 010010 100110101 11010101 10111001 01011101 11111101 111001101 11010101 11101111 11011101 01011101 01110111 11010111 101011000 10111010 01010100 110101010 010111010 000110110 10111001 11010101 11111010 1011110 11110001 11001101 11010101 11110001 11010111 10110111 11110101 110000101 11010011 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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