This is an analysis of the poem For The Fair In Aid Of The Fund To Procure Ball’s Statue Of Washington that begins with:

1630
ALL overgrown with bush and fern,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcacadedefcfc X gbgXheheaXaaaaaa X gbgbbgbgibibbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,1,16,1,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010111 11010101 01111111 110101001 01011111 01010101 01010101 111101001 11010101 01110101 01011101 01010001 10010101 11010001 11110101 01010101 1 01110101 01010101 11110101 010101010 01011111 11010111 11110101 01010101 11010101 11010101 010100111 011101011 01110101 0101001001 111101011 011010101 1 01010101 0101100101 11000101 01110101 11011101 11010101 10010101 11011101 11011101 10011101 110101001 11010101 11011101 0100100001 010100101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the, they are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of For The Fair In Aid Of The Fund To Procure Ball’s Statue Of Washington;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes