This is an analysis of the poem Lady Bug that begins with:

You came,
When the trees began their budding....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB aCDEF BFBGBCC ABAB aCDEF BFBGBCCXBFBGBCCf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,4,5,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 10101110 11 000101110 111 11101110 101101 1010111 0011101 011 110111101 011 110101111 011 01101010 1011110 11 10101110 11 000101110 1111 11101110 101101 1010111 0011101 011 110111101 011 110101111 011 01101010 1011110 011 110111101 011 110101111 011 01101010 1011110 1010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; your is repeated.

    The author used the same word spring 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 Lady Bug;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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