This is an analysis of the poem Jasper’s Song that begins with:

WHO goes down through the slim green sallows,
Soon, so soon ?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaabbbcddceffg ghheedXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101110 111 101101001 1100100111 011110111 1111010010 11110 1101001110 101110011 1001001110 01001001001 101001110 101001010 10100101011011001011 111001111 111 10110101 100111001 001001101101 11101101110 11011101110 1111101111 101101011111 1001110010 0101001001 111101100 1001011110 1111011101101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).

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

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