This is an analysis of the poem The Little Fauns To Proserpine that begins with:

BROWNER than the hazel-husk, swifter than the wind,
Though you turn from heath and hill, we are hard behind,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXbb ccXd eedd ffaa gghh iijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010110101 111011111101 101010110110 101110101000010 110101100001 1100111010101 1110111101110 11111110101010 101011110111 111010110111 111011110110 1110111011001 101010110101 10101001010101 11010110101 111010111101 101110110101 101110110101 101010110101 1111111010101 1010100110001 110010110101 1110101101001 1011101010001 101111110111 101010110111 101110110111 1111101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Little Fauns To Proserpine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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