This is an analysis of the poem Fairy Lore that begins with:
FAIRIES learn to dance before they learn to
walk ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba bc dd X cX cX ee e fX feXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101110 1 1010101110 1 1011100010 1 1111010011 10101001011 1 11010110101 11 1010111010 1 110111011 1 10101110101 1011111110 111 1011100010 111 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; learn, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word fairies is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word to at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Fairy Lore;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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