This is an analysis of the poem If You Meet A Fairy that begins with:

IF you meet a fairy
Don't run away ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dcdc XeXe XbXb fgag gcfcXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 1101 111011 110101 101010 1011 1101010 111111 101001 010111 111010 110101 1101011 11101 100010 110110 1100100 010101 1100100 110101 10101001 10101 1111010 110101 011010 010111 10010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines door is repeated).

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

  • summary of If You Meet A Fairy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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