This is an analysis of the poem The Fairy Clock that begins with:
Silver clock! O silver clock! tell to me the time o' day!
Is there yet a little hour left for us to work and play?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc bbb ddd Xaa eee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10111011010111 011010101110111 11101011010101 01011011010001 11101111011101 11111011011101 1011111010101 11100011110101 11100011010101 111111011100001 10101011110110 00101111111101 1111110101010101 11101010110111 10111111010001 10111010110101 101010011011111 11101011010101 111100101101101 00100011011111 11111011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; silver, i, too, tell, of, me are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Fairy Clock;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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