This is an analysis of the poem My Favourite Fan that begins with:

Being a writer I receive
Sweet screeds from folk of every land;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedebb fbfbgg fbfbXX hghgccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 110101001 11111101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11110101 11010101 111000101 11010101 11001101 11110001 10110101 11101001 10110111 01010111 10010101 01100101 1011001101 101111101 11110011 11111101 01100101 111100110 11010101 11011101 01110101 11010100 11000100 11110101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, my are repeated.

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

  • summary of My Favourite Fan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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