This is an analysis of the poem Fairyland that begins with:

If people came to know where my king's palace is, it would vanish
into the air....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbbXBcbdeabbfbXdXefbcbXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011111000110 0001 01101101010101 01100100101111 10101110101010 11111100010111 100 00101001101010010 11 0101101010110010 01001 1010011110111 11101011110010 1110101 101111001101110 01001111 111100111010100 100110101001011 1001110100101111 10110101 11001010110011 010 101001010111110 1000101 111101001110100 0101 00101000101010010 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 255
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her, she, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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