This is an analysis of the poem In The Manner Of Spenser that begins with:

O peace, that on a lilied bank dost love
To rest thine head beneath an olive tree,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcXcc XcXccbXbb XXcdXedee fcfccgcgg dhdhhXheX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010111 0111011101 1110010011 11100110010 1111110101 1100110111 1101111000 1101010101 111101111101 11111101010 01011000101 11011001011 1111010101 11111100101 0101010111 11100101011 111100001011 111001110101 1111010011 0101010111 1100010101 1111010111 0101110101 1111111111 0101010101 1111101101 111111010101 1101010101 11001110001 11011001101 0101011001 1111000101 1011110101 1111010101 11010100101 1110001110011 11010100101 1101110101 1101000101 1011111111 1111011111 11010110101 1101010011 1001111111 1111011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 409
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; to, my, i are repeated.

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  • summary of In The Manner Of Spenser;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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