This is an analysis of the poem Eve that begins with:

FOR the first time, a lovely scene
Earth saw, and smiled,--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbcdd eeebfgf bgghiihee djjakkda bkbkdhdhhbhb ffXddkkddkkkX kckcigcgaac lkkgifgkklkkaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,9,8,12,13,11,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 1111 01010101 10100101 01010101 111101 11010101 010111 1001111101 11010001011 100101010101 11011101 1010001 001010101 0011011 01110010 1010110110 11010 01010101 010111110 010101010 1011101 11110101 01000101 01010010101 100101 010101010100 11111101 1101010 0101010 1101010 01110001001 1101 1101010101 010010010101110 110111 010101 01010101 00100101 110101 0100101 11000101 110001 10010101 0101110001 1101010111 011101 1011110 110100110 1010110 1111110101 011111 1101011101 011011 10001101 110101 0111010101 0101010111 0100110001 111101 1111000101 010111 1100011111 010101 111111 01110101 110101 010101010111 1111100101 110101110111 010001110101 1111000101 111101 110010100010111 0100010101 110100101010 010001010 110101 01001010101 1111110100 1101001111 01011101 111101 11010111001 100110101 110111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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