This is an analysis of the poem Cowslips that begins with:

WITH rosy hand a little girl press’d down
A boss of fresh-cull’d cowslips in a rill:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010111 0101110001 1011110101 1110010000 1111111111 1100111101 1101110100 1101110111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, and are repeated.

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

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

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