This is an analysis of the poem Fairies that begins with:

THERE are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
It's not so very, very far away; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcded Afcfcaea AeXeXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010100110 0111010101 1101011111101 1111110101 101010100110 10101110011 11011010110001 111 111010100110 1101011101 0101111010101 10101011101 011111101011 1101010101 1101110010001 111 111010100110 1101110011 1111111010111 1101010111 01010111010 0111111110 10101111111101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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