This is an analysis of the poem Emily, John, James, And I that begins with:
EMILY JANE was a nursery maid,
JAMES was a bold Life Guard,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aaaA bcbc dede aaaa fgXg bcXc ahah fdfd fidi gXgX jkXk dada ljlj jbjb lmlm didi aaaA bdbd ababXkakA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001101001 110111 110100101 11101001 0100111001 101011 1101001001 1110011 1011001011 1100101 1101110101 1110111 11011011001 1100111 11011111101 11101110 11001101101 10100101 111010010100 1111101 01001101001 11011001 1110101100100 1111111 1110111111 1101101 111101101011 1110111 11111011001 0101101 11001111001 1101101 01011101011 1100101 11011101011 1101111 1101100111 11101011 1101011001 11101001 1100100101 1100111 1100111101010 110110011 11011011011 10101101 11011001001 11111101 11101010001 1101101 11011101011 0101111 11101011001 1100101 01101001001 1100101 01001101001 1100101 11011011101 1111101 1101100101 00100101 11111001001 1110101 1100100111 1100101 11001011001 11101001 11011011001 0101101 11111011011 1110111 1110100101 1101101 00101100111 1100110 11011101011 1100101 1101100101 11101001
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; good, to, on, and, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, and are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Emily, John, James, And I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
