This is an analysis of the poem Yellow Warblers that begins with:

The first faint dawn was flushing up the skies
When, dreamland still bewildering mine eyes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbb cXddd aaeeX Xaccc ffaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111110101 1111010011 1110011101 0101011111 01110010101 1101010101 1111010100 0101011111 1101011101 1101011101 11001000101 11000111010 0100010111 0101010101 1111110101 0100010100 1101010101 1111011101 0111111100 0111010100 10001111111 0101110101 1111010111 0101101101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; those is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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