This is an analysis of the poem The Faun that begins with:
The joys that touched thee once, be mine!
The sympathies of sky and sea,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababX cacaX cdcdX efeff XcXcX cfcffXededd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 01000111 01001111 11110111 0101010 11111111 11111101 01010101 01010101 1101110 11110101 11010101 11111101 10010111 11010100 11110101 01000111 01000111 11110111 110111001 11011111 11001101 01000110 110100111 11011101 11010101 11111101 11011101 11011101 10010101 10110111 01010100 11011111 11110111 11001101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 35
- 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, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word thy at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Faun;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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