This is an analysis of the poem Our Lady of the Wood that begins with:

Softly through the little wood
Came the Queen of Heaven;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd aeaeccff agagaahXXahahbbhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 101010 111 11111010 1011111 0010101 101 1010101 1010101 10101 111 1010101 1100011 1011101 111 1010111 110101 11001 101 1010111 1000101 1110111 111 1110101 1110101 10111 111 1011111 1110111 0010101 111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

  • summary of Our Lady of the Wood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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