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

Ever let the Fancy roam,
Pleasure never is at home:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAXXbbccddeeffgghhiiXgXjiXbbhhbbjjkkllccggmmnniihhXjbbllggjjhhaaXe ddiiffddhhXXiibbiigghhooeeaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 66,28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1010011 10111010 10101110 1111010 10111010 1010111 1111101 1110101 1011111 100100001 1110100 1011101 1010111 1010111 1110101 0110101 1000101 10101010 1011010 0010101 1011101 0010100 01010001 1111101 00111000 10101010 11100010 1010101 1010111 10111010 10101010 1011101 01011101 101101 00101001 1011101 1111001 11110111 1010101 100011 1110001 1001101 1010101 1010101 1001111 1111101 01010101 11010101 1111111 1010110 10010011 11001110010 10001110 1110111 10011 1011101 1110101 1011111 1000111 1011111 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011100 1010101 1110101 10010111 1011111 1111101 11010101 1011101 1110101 11101001 1011101 1111101 10111010 10101110 111101 1010011 10111010 10100110 1011101 0011001 1110101 1010111 101001 1110101 11110101 0010101 1010101 1111111 101101 1010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 271
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; where's, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, all are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

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

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