This is an analysis of the poem Wilfred that begins with:
What of these tender feet
That have never toddled yet? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaa bcbcXc dedeX fgfgg hihiai hjhjj fefee kbkbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,5,6,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 1110101 110111 111101 011101111111101 1100111 11010101 1101101 10101101 111111111111011 11 1101111 1101101 1111111 1100110 11011101011010100 10100101 101001001 11101111 10101111 111010011100100100 11101001 110111 11110111 1101101 111001011001101001 11 1110101 1100010 111111 10101010 111111111111011010 1011101 10111101 11100011 1110101 100111111001011111 101111 1010101 10100101 11111101 101110100011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, your, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
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- summary of Wilfred;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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