This is an analysis of the poem The Seedling that begins with:
AS a quiet little seedling
Lay within its darksome bed,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcd cefe cgcg hccc ciai adid Xfhf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1010101 00101010 100101 11111001 1110111 10100110 010101 10101010 1000101 00100010 110101 0101010 1010101 11101010 110100 00101110 1010111 11101010 010101 0111010 10111010 10101110 10101010 10101010 1110111 100111110 11111001 101110011 101010010 11101110 10110010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; it, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Seedling;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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