This is an analysis of the poem A Charm that begins with:
Take of English earth as much
As either hand may rightly clutch.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXbXcc ddbbeeff gggXXXhhXc XXhhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,10,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 11011101 0010001 1111101 1011110 1011101 0111101 0111000 1110111 1110101 0110111 1011101 0110001 1010111 0111101 10010101 1100111 11101011 1010101 1110110 1011101 10110001 1110010 1011101 1110111 01000101 1110110 1010101 1111101 1110101 1111101 1010101 1011011 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Charm;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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