This is an analysis of the poem Lynton Verses that begins with:

Sweet breeze that sett'st the summer birds a swaying,
Dear lambs amid the primrose meadows playing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXccdedeffgghhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101010 11010111110 1111 110111 0101110 1101111011 100001101111 111011 111101 010101 101001 0101110101 1101 11111111 0001111101 1011010111 111101 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; me is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, o are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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

  • summary of Lynton Verses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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