This is an analysis of the poem The Dryad that begins with:
What has the ilex heard,
What has the laurel seen,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbccddddd aaeXaebfbgfg fafaaffggggX fhbfbhijikjk lldfdfbbbbmffggffgn dddidikikkiaaiXiiii imgigconodnd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,19,19,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 110101 110101 1011001111 110101 1101110011 1111110101 10111 010001 1001110111 1100010111 1111010101 110101 1111000101 11011111001 0101010001 1101110 111111 0111010011 0111010101 1111111101 1101010101 1111110111 1101111111 1101011111 110101 1100001 1011011101 010011 1101111101 01001110101 11101 10101 11001110101 10100011101 1101110101 110110 1001010101 1001010101 1111011101 110101 101101 1111111101 0101010001 0111011101 1101110101 1100011111 10110100111 11011101111 1101010111 101100010001 1111011101 1001010001 1111010101 011101 10011100101 1101000101 1111010101 11001101101 1011010100 1101110011 111101 0111010101 1011000101 110101 1011010001 01111100101 11110010110110 1111010111 0011010111 1110000101 0101010101 1110010011 110001 1101010101 0101010001 111101001001 1110110101 1101001111 1101011111 100101 1101111001 100010001100 100111 0111011101 0111000101 1000101111101 1101010001 1100011100 1111001011 100011 0100101 1111001101 1111011111 11011111110 1001110101 11011101001 11000110010 0111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 551
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; what, of, thou, and, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, of, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Dryad;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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