This is an analysis of the poem The Wood Fairy’s Well that begins with:

“Thou hast been to the forest, thou sorrowing maiden,
Where Summer reigns Queen in her fairest array,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdc efXfgbeb dhdhijgj ekikgcbcXgkgkaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010110010 11011001001 1011011110010 11111001011 111110101010 01101000111 110111011110 11111111011 1111011101010 11001111101 110011111010 11111101001 1110010110110 01011111111 110110010110 11011101101 110110110110 11011111101 110110111110 10101011011 1101111011010 01101011101 1111010011010 11111011101 1100101110010 11101011111 101111101010 11101111111 1111111010110 11111011101 111011010011 11111111111 111111011010 11011111111 1011010011010 01101011101 110010111110 01011111011 0110111111010 01101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, and, that, i, me, to, thee are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Wood Fairy’s Well;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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