This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of Innocence: Introduction that begins with:

Piping down the valleys wild
Piping songs of pleasant glee... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XXcd XXcd eaea cdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1010101 1011101 1110101 1010101 1110101 1011101 1111101 1111101 1110101 1110101 1110101 1011111 0011111 1110011 1110101 1110101 1110101 1111101 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word hear at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Songs Of Innocence: Introduction;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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