A Character by William Wordsworth: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Character that begins with:

I marvel how Nature could ever find space
For so many strange contrasts in one human face: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee ffbb ggee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011011011 111011001101 111111110011 11011001011 11011101011 11101001011 11101011001 101001010001 1010001111101 101011111111 11111011101 11011011011 11010101001 01101001111 11001001011 111011001001 01001011001 101111101011 111110011010 111101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; and, there's are repeated.

    The author used the same word there's 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 A Character;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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