This is an analysis of the poem The Poor Girl's Meditation that begins with:

I AM sitting here
Since the moon rose in the night,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdc edcdbaaa afXfefXf XdXdeded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 1011001 10010 11001001 01001110 0101 0100101 01001001 1110101 0111101 111111 101111111 111101 01111101 101001101 1101111 110101 00111011 101111011 01111101 1110101 111101001 1101011 11110111 1111111 1111111 1111010 1000111 10111001 11011011 011111 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of The Poor Girl's Meditation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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