Dora by Jean Ingelow: poem analysis

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

A waxing moon that, crescent yet,
In all its silver beauty set,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabXbcbdd cceebbXaaffgX hhXX eeXegge ffdfddaXdXddXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,13,4,7,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 01010101 111100101 011100111 11011111 010101001 101101111 101101111 11011101 10110001 111100001 11011011 01011101 10110101 11011001 10010111 11110101 11111101 11110111 110100011 110100111 11110111 11001111 11111010 1011011110 110101110 10111101 11111100 11011101 11001111 111101100 101111010 1011111 1011101 110111010 01011101 10011111 11010101 10110101 110100101 110100001 11110110 10010100 11010011 10110100 10011111 11001001 11111101 11010111 11110101 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, how, nor are repeated.

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

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

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