This is an analysis of the poem Lily-Bell And Thistledown Song I that begins with:

Awake! Awake! for the earliest gleam
Of golden sunlight shines ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXacaDDBEEB XXXbbcacDDBEEB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101001 010111 1010011101 0101001 010110111 0011101 110110101 1010111 1111 1111 10111010 100101 1101 10101010 010110101 11001010 110010111 10100101 1101111101 101111 101111101 01011011 1111 1111 10111010 100101 1101 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 444
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word awake at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of Lily-Bell And Thistledown Song I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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