This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Enchantment that begins with:

A song of Enchantment I sang me there,
In a green-green wood, by waters fair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeccXddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101111 001111101 11011101 110100111 100111001 10011111 1100111001 10011101 111101 010010101 110011101 101000101 10100110111 0011111101 1011011011 10110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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  • summary of A Song Of Enchantment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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