The Crown by Katharine Tynan: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Crown that begins with:

She had twelve stars for diadem;
She had for footstool the full moon;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc XdXeff bgbgbb hfhXde eXecXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 11110011 01011100 110000111 10111100 10010111 11111110 00100111 01011011 11011100 10010111 11011101 11110001 11010101 111001001 01110101 01011111 0111010 11110100 010101101 01111111 010110100 11110011 10111100 11010101 010001100 01010111 10110001 11100100 10011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, and are repeated.

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

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

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