This is an analysis of the poem Puck's Song that begins with:
See you the ferny ride that steals
Into the oak-woods far?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abac aaaa adad XaeX Xfcf fefe egeg hahi ijij eaea dhih XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 000111 111111001 110010 11110101 0101001 11110110 110111 11010111 110101 11111101 111101 10010101 110100 01111101 010110 11110111 110101 11101110 1011001 11110101 101101 11110101 1011101 11010101 010101 11110101 110111 11110111 101101 111010111 1101001 11110101 011111 111010101 110101 11111111 111101 111010111 011101 10111101 111101 11111111 111101 10110101 101111 1101010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and, old are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words see, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Puck's Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
