This is an analysis of the poem Song (Sylvia The Fair, In The Bloom Of Fifteen) that begins with:

Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of fifteen,
Felt an innocent warmth as she lay on the green:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcCDDDDC eebbcCDDDDX ffffcCDDDDC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001001001 111001111101 111001011011 1010110011001 11011011101 111111011011 1110110 110110 110110 110110 11011011 1001110101001 001001001011 101101011011 10100101101 001011010101 111111011011 1110110 110110 110110 110110 1101101100 1001001001 11011101011 11001011011 101111101011 101101111101 111111011011 1110110 110110 110110 110110 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; she, and, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word close at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Song (Sylvia The Fair, In The Bloom Of Fifteen);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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