This is an analysis of the poem Elfin that begins with:
When wildflower blue and wildflower white
The wildflowers lay their heads together,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaab X cdcXcd X efeeXf X ghgggh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110111101 011111010 1011100101 10100101101 101110111 11001010 1 1111011001 1010110101 1100100101 1010110100 111101111 10100101 1 1011110101 101010111 1111110101 001011111 0010100101 011111 1 10101001001 110100111 001011101 1010100111 1010110111 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Elfin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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