This is an analysis of the poem Cypress And Tulip that begins with:

Cypress and Tulip and sweet Eglantine,
Of these the tale from lip to lip is sent;...

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: ababcca Xbdbeed fgfghhX iaXaddi jgXgiij X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 0101010101 1111110011 1111010100 01101011101 1001010101 0110010101 0101010101 0101010111 0110111011 1111101111 0101011111 10111011101 1001011111 1111010100 1111010001 1101010100 10110110101 11110100111 0101001101 1011101101 1110010100 1011110101 1001011000 1100111101 0111011101 1111010101 10110010100 00110101001 0100010101 0101010100 0110000101 1100110101 01010011101 1101011001 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of Cypress And Tulip;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi