This is an analysis of the poem My Favoured Fare that begins with:

Some poets sing of scenery;
Some to fair maids make sonnets sweet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd dedefdfd gegebdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 10111101 01111100 01010101 11010101 01110111 11010101 111111 11111101 01011101 11011101 10011101 11111101 11011111 10100101 111111 101100110 11111101 1101001010 11010111 11111101 11101100 11110101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 410
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 some is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word tea 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 My Favoured Fare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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