This is an analysis of the poem Little Libbie that begins with:

One more little spirit to Heaven has flown,
To dwell in that mansion above,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dcda ecea ddXa fgdg hihi djfj diXi XgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101001011 01011001 1110100101 0110101 1101011011 0111001 01110101 1101111 110111010 10100101 11110110010 1111101 0110011101 0011111 010100101 1011101 11100100101 0111101 1101000001 0100111 11001001101 111011 010101101 10101101 1101001101 1110101 10111101 111101 111001111 1011101 010110110 000101101 011110101 1011011 101010101 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; her is repeated.

    The author used the same word one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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