This is an analysis of the poem The Mayflowers that begins with:
Sad Mayflower! watched by winter stars,
And nursed by winter gales,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa abab cXcX bXbX dede fcfc aaaa baba gcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011101 111101 01000101 110101 111011010 010111 010001110 011101 110100101 110101 01011111 10111010 11011110 10010010 110110001 1101110 110100111 110111 111100101 0100111 01011101 011101 11010101 001101 11010011 110101 11011101 0101010 01011101 011111 011000101 1101001 110110011 010101 111101101 0101001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Mayflowers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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