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

The snow-white Olympic swan,
with beak of rose-red agate,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abca dXeX afgf XXhg afbX fadc fdhf Xhge Xdaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 0101110 1010001 1110001101 010101 101001 1010001100 101001 1001001100 111011 0100101 01011 1101001 0101000010 11010100100 1000011 010001010 0010110 001001 00101101 1001000110 101010010 100100101 110101001 01010101 1101011 110010110 11110 1111101 11110010 10100101 101101000100 1010111 1111010101 111001110 01101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; like, of, his, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, of, to, where are repeated.

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

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

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