This is an analysis of the poem The Fortune Seeker that begins with:

HOLLYHOCKS slant in the wind,
Gallantly blowing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeefgFg hchcdidiccfgFg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001 10010 1011011 111110 11001001 1011 1111 01011101101 11110110110 011011011010 111100 1011001 0100100100100 1101001 1011101 10110 100110101 10110 1101001 1011 1111 10011001001 11111011010 01011011010 111100 1011001 0100100100100 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; her, marry are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word hair 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 The Fortune Seeker;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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