This is an analysis of the poem To Will H. Low that begins with:

Youth now flees on feathered foot
Faint and fainter sounds the flute,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcc eeff aaggXa hhddhhiiee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1110101 1010111 1110101 1010101 1011101 1110101 1101101 1110111 1110111 0011101 1011111 1011101 1010101 10100111 01010111 1011101 1011101 1010111 1010100 0111101 1111101 1010111 1010101 10111101 1010101 1110101 0011001 1010111 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of To Will H. Low;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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