This is an analysis of the poem March that begins with:
The sun is hotter than the top ledge in a steam bath;
The ravine, crazed, is rampaging below....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXc XbXa XdXc XbXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010110011 0011010001 011111010 010101010011 010100100100 11101001001 10010101010 10101110101 111111110 0111000111 0100100101010 100100011101 1111100101010 1011110001 1010010101100 01001010011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; these, with, in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, with are repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 March;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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