This is an analysis of the poem Fairy Days that begins with:
Beside the old hall-fire—upon my nurse's knee,
Of happy fairy days—what tales were told to me!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff eeffgg Xdddhh ggffii aXXaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101110011101 010101110101 1101111100100 11111011111010 1100101010111 0101010110101 110011110111 010101010111 111010110101 1111011101011 010111011101 1011101110101 011100010001 110101010101 1100101010111 11001110111 1101011110001 10101010111101 1101010111010 0101011101010 0101010100101 111011010101 011101010111 111101110111 111101110101 0101011100101 110111110101 010101110101 110011011111 010111110111 010101110101 110101110111 1101010111 1100111110111 110011111110 01101110011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; and, in, one, his, i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, i are repeated.
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- summary of Fairy Days;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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