This is an analysis of the poem The Fairy-Woman' that begins with:
The fairy woman maketh moan,
'Well-a-day, and well-a-day,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcXcX dXddXXXX bbbbXaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 1011101 10111111 11111110 1111101 1010011 1111101 11110010 11110111 1111110 11011001 11010111 1111011 1111101 101110 1110100 1111000 11100101 1111101 1110101 1110111 11001101 0010111 0011110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, in are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Fairy-Woman';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Jean Ingelow
- Analysis of A Winter Song
- Analysis of A Story Of Doom: Book Viii.
- Analysis of A Story Of Doom: Book Ix.
