This is an analysis of the poem The Shepherdess Of The Arno that begins with:

’Tis no wild and wond’rous legend, but a simple pious tale
Of a gentle shepherd maiden, dwelling in Italian vale,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeaa ffcc gghh iibb aagg jjcc bbee XckkXeejj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111110101010101 001010101000101 1110100101010111 11101010111111 11001010011111 111011101110001 11111101100101 111010100110111 111011100010101 111011101010101 111110100110001 1011100100011111 101110100110101 11111010010101 01011100100101 101010101010101 011100101010111 10111010010101 1011101011000110 01111100101010 111111101110111 101111101010101 101010101110111 1011010111101 1100010101001001 11010101110101 101010100110101 111010111010111 01101010110111 010111010101001 101000101011101 11101010110111 101010111111101 01010101011101 1101010111101 1111110010101 11011101011110 101011101010101 101011100111001 11010100010101 11101110010111 101111101011111 101011101111101 100101100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, she, in are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Shepherdess Of The Arno;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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