This is an analysis of the poem Queen Mab: Part Vii. that begins with:

Spirit
'I was an infant when my mother went... 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: aabcdefgheXaeX diijceihbeehihjijhkihijehhiljdeakjimcj jiiXibfXhbg enodhgpX aabibhXfgmbXoqo aX jijiaiiehlhiiaiapijrmeh jgebfbegedaejiiohgckX or aafigaX hbhgkoaiqfmqcXmdocmjafaX ljeX cemnieijhiicgjjimidXigqcceifmghf coXeekbcmiqeherbrXicscqibigjegXbc Xihhjec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,38,11,8,15,2,23,21,2,7,24,4,32,33,10,19,13,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10 1111011101 01110011111 0111010101 0101110100 1101010101 10010010001 1001011101 01010110101 01011010101 01111101001 1001010111 1111110111 111011 10 1011 1001010111 11011110101 0101010111 11001010101 1100011001 11011100111 0101000101 0100010001 01000101010 0100010001 0101011101 01000111001 010100 1101 1101110100 0101000100 1111011101 1011010111 10001011101 11010010101 1100011101 10110100111 0100111101 0101010001 11010001001 0100010101 010101011100 0111111100 10010001010 0100011111 1101010101 1111000101 10111110101 100010101001 0101010101 10010101 110101 1111010101 01011111 11010100110 101101 11100101 01010101 1001000100 0111010 110011 010101 111100101010 0100010101 1101010001 0101010100 1101010001 0101011101 1001011100 0101010 011111 01010100 111001 0100010111 010101 0111110100 1100001100 0100010101 10110101 1011010101 0100111101 01010100 110001 1011010101 1101001101 10 1101 01010 1101110101 1101010101 1111110101 010010010001 0101010101 0101010100 1101010101 1101010111 0111011001 0100010011 1101010101 0101010011 11110010101 111101001001 1011010101 0101110011 110111001001 0101011111 11100100010 0100010001 1101001101 100101 1101000100 11010101111 0101010101 1110010111 1001010111 1111011101 10001010101 101010100001 11000110101 10011000100 1101110011 1101110101 01010111001 1101011101 1111010101 1101011101 1001010101 01001100101 100110111101 1100100101 1101110011 11001 100010 10100 0111011100 0100110101 11111100111 0100110101 10010100011 1101110 1101 1001011111 0101011101 0101010001 1111010111 0101011101 1111011111 1100010011 1100110111 1101101111 1111011101 1101100101 1011011101 1101010110 1001010101 1111000100 1111110001 10111001111 1101010011 11011100111 01000100101 1101010101 1011110101 1111010 1001001 110010101001 1101010101 110110 1101001111 10101011101 1001011011 10010011001 0111010101 1101000101 10101010111 0111010111 0101110111 0101011101 1111010001 0111000101 1101011101 11011101001 1101010001 1111010011 01001100101 1100110111 110100 01010101000 0101001111 11110100101 1000010001 111000111 1111001011 1101110111 1101011101 01001001101 101010010100 10110010101 1101011101 1100011 111 0111000101 0100111001 11000101010 1111110001 1101010100 01011001 0101010101 0101010001 0101110101 1111000101 11010100110 01000010001 111110001001 010101010010 1101111101 1111100100 0100010001 1111000101 11011111001 11001010101 1001010101 10101010001 1101100101 01010010111 1101101111 10011001001 1011010001 10010010111 11000010101 0101010101 01011000101 1101010101 1111110010 01000111010 01010100010 0100110001 11011011001 10001011101 11001001001 0101010111 1101010001 1111110001 10110101010 1101111100 11011111101 0111110001 01001111111 0101010101 1101111111 1001110111 1101010011 1101111101 1011110111 0100010001 0111010101 0100010011 1101111101 1100100001 1101010101 0101010101 0111010011 1111101100 10001001100 1101011101 101100101001 0101010000 101010111011 110010001 01000100101 11001100001 0111000101 10010101 01110111 0101000101 010101 010101 1101010111 1100100111 100101 01001111 110101001 10100100 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 285
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; his, let, that, of, to, and, their, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his, that, is, to are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Queen Mab: Part Vii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley