This is an analysis of the poem The Olive that begins with:
I have heard a friar say
That the Olive learned to pray... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXabcbdbXcaedXdeXfbXddccggcggXXgghghihjgikljmchXcaX malfaifliffeeXjjallcahnnaXgieiegmffXgkgkkkghmllllXflkllX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,56,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110101 1010101 0100 010111 10011 1010101 00100 11101 100101 0100 1010101 11001 111111 1110111 010100 111101 001101 010101010 110 0010101 0100 11111011 101010101 01110111 01010001 01111111 10111101 11110101 01011111 1010011 001 1101 11110101 10010101 10100101 1010101 1010101 1111101 1010111 100111010 1010001 1011101 110101101 01110101 10101010 10010100 1010101 1010111 101101 1110101 11101001 11010101 0110100 1011111 10110111 0101011 11010111 1010011 00010101 1011101 1010111 11010001 110101001 111111 01010101 1100110 10100110 01101010 101101 111 1010001 011101 01001101 110101 11 01010001 11011101 0100 111 11001111 11011111 0010101 1000111 1111111 1010100 110111011 11010001 11011100 01010101 01011111 11010001 11101101 010010111 00100101 1000101 110101 11101100 01011001 10011001 000101 111100111 111000 1101000010001 11110111 111101 110011101001 11010001 1001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1554
- Average number of words per stanza: 300
- Amount of lines: 109
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Olive;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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