This is an analysis of the poem The Fairies that begins with:

Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABACDED fghgicic ehXhjiiXchah jbaackekhcic XfifbjijXAABACDED
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,12,12,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 10101 1101010 110101 1101 101010 11011 11110 1010101 1111 1111011 01011 1001 001101 011111 1101 11011 0111 1011111 11101 001011 100110 101010 0100010 1101010 11101 01001 001101 111010 11001 111101 01011 110101 0101110 11111101 1111010 1110101 10101 101011 10111 101011 10101 111011 110111 0101110 110101 1111101 00111 101010 10101 1101010 110101 1101 101010 11011 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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

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

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