This is an analysis of the poem It Was Early I Was Told that begins with:

Happy I am,
To sit among those......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbccX dbXbe Acbdf gbXdg HCIEX HCIEdXb Xfcdi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,5,5,7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 01011 01010 11011101 000110101 001010 0110111 1111 101101010 1101111 0100111 1011 0010001 011100 1100010 10111011001 11110111110010 11100111 10101111110 100001 01100 11111 11100111 111101101011 001101 110111111011 11111 11100111 111101101011 001101 110111 1010110 0111111 1111001 1110110000101 0111010 1011010 00101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • 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:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 It Was Early I Was Told;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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