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

Love-lies-bleeding now is found
Grown in every common ground....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbc Xaadad eefefeXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 10100101 1110101 0010111 1011101 1010101 1001100 0010111 1111101 1011101 0110011 1101101 1011101 1110101 1010011 10101110 1010101 00100110 10010101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; love, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word love 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 Herbal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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