Fawnia by Robert Greene: poem analysis

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

AH! were she pitiful as she is fair,
Or but as mild as she is seeming so, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg hihicgcgii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011001101 1111110101 1011101101 1101010101 1001010101 11011000101 1111011001 10110111011 1111110101 11011011010 1001010111 1001001110010 1011000111 1101011111 1111110101 111001001 1111010001 1001010101 1111000101 1101011101 11010111011 1101010101 11001010101 1011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 573
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; she, as, be, from are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ah at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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