This is an analysis of the poem A Fragment that begins with:

Beautiful star with the crimson lips
And flagrant daffodil hair,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccbabCBcddXCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100101 1101011 111100101 100110101 00111111 00111101 1100100101 10101011 1111101001 10100111 110010101 00100101 1010101 1100100 1111101001 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 563
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of A Fragment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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