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

I love the cheery bustle
Of children round the house,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedecece fbfbcdcd egegeheh ceceieie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 010101 0101010 010011 0101010 0111001 0101010 110101 1101010 1101001 1110010 100101 1101110 110101 1111010 111111 0101010 0100001 0101110 010101 0101010 010101 1101010 010111 0101011 010011 1111011 110111 0101111 111101 1001111 111001 1001010 110101 1101110 110101 1101010 100001 1101110 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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