This is an analysis of the poem Jonquil And Fleur-De-Lys that begins with:

i
Jonquil was a shepherd lad,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc X adad X efef X gXgX a hihi a jkjX X efef X bebe X Xaka g haha a kkkk X lele X emem X kjkj X jeje X bhbh X enen X eiei X ibib X hfXf X eiei X bhbX X XogX X bobX X jaXX X hihi X bbbb X oXoX X fofo X fXfX X iiii XXiaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 1010101 11110101 11010111 111110111 1 0101110111 1001001110 1010110101 0110101110 1 0101111110 10100110111 01001001110 11110110101 1 01011001011 0101100 11011101 011101 1 101101001 111111101 0111101011 10101100111 1 0101110111 10111001001 1010010111 111010110 1 0101110110 01110111 1111101000 00100110111 1 010110101 101111101010 010110101 11001001010 1 11011010 111110101 111100101 110010101 1 01110110 11110111 10101001 11100101 1 11011101 01010101 111101001 11011101 1 110100101 101011111 1110010111 1010110101 1 1110100111 01011001 10100110101 111011001001 1 1110011111 1110111101 00111101001 10101111101 1 11011001101 10101101010 00110110101 10101011010 1 10100100101 1100000101 1010110111 1010110101 1 11011001 11111111 01011001 11110101 1 10111111 11111001 10111111 111100101 1 111010111 110110101 11011111 11010101 1 1101101001 01011111 11011110 0111001001 1 11111001 10010101 110010101 11110111 1 101011001 11111111001 10111111 11010100 1 11001101 111011111 1110100110 01101100 1 10101101 111011111 11011101 111111101 1 10110101 11110101 111010101 110101111 1 11011101 100111 10101101001 1010101010 1 111111101 01011111 111111001 1010110101 1 1111101111 110010101 001010101 1110101100 1 11010101 11011101 1010111001 01010101 1 1100110101 111100101 110111111 10101101100 1 01111101 11010111 101011101 11010111 1 1001110010 11011101 111101010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 64
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and, white, he, his, as, one, ' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, that are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

  • summary of Jonquil And Fleur-De-Lys;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lord Alfred Douglas