This is an analysis of the poem Maenad that begins with:
Once I was ordinary:
Sat by my father's bean tree...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcd aefgg eXXfh Xcbdh e Xgcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 1111011 10010010 0111 10101110011 010011011 0111001 111110110 10010 0111111 0101110 0110001000 0110011 10110111 11010010 11100 1101001 01111 100011000001 01010 111001 10111100011 101111 0010101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Maenad;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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