This is an analysis of the poem Margaret that begins with:
Fair Margaret! beautiful Margaret!
In the hush of the twilight cold.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcdcd cececf dadada ghghgh gfdfgX hfhfhf gagaga ififif
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1100100100 00100111 0110100111 00101011 1011101111 100100111 1110101111 11101001 0101100101 01011101 10011100111 10100101 10101011001 01001101 0100110101 101101101 010010101 00100101 0100100111 100100111 1011110111 10100101 1010111111 10100100 1110110101 10100101 11001001001 10100111 1011100111 10111101 1111101011 11110101 1100100101 11011001 1100101101 110011010 1011000101 00101101 1011100101 00111111 1010101001 00100101 1010010111 10100101 1011001001 10110101 1010100101 01101101 1100100111 10111001 1110100111 01011001 1011100101 00101001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sea is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, when, and are repeated.
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- summary of Margaret;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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