This is an analysis of the poem Fairy Song that begins with:

The moonlight fades from flower and rose
And the stars dim one by one; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacXc Xdeddcfc dgbgfcec fecedcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101011 1011111 01010101 1010101 011101010 1100111 010110001 10110101 10010111001 011101 111111101 1010111 101110111 10100111 01110111 10110101 0111011 1101011 11110101 010101 11011111 110101 110111001 0110011 111100101 1010111 11110111 110111 111110101 011111 01011111 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word go at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Fairy Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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