This is an analysis of the poem Pantheist that begins with:

Lolling on a bank of thyme
Drunk with Spring I made this rhyme. . . ....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bcbcdede afafgXgX eaeahihi hjhjeXedXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,8,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 10011101 11010001 11010001 01110111 11110001 01010101 01100000 01110111 01100101 11011101 11010001 010010101 01110101 01010001 010100011 110101011 010111000 11110111 01110111 11010001 11011111 11110111 11110101 01110111 11101011 11110101 11000101 01011101 01011101 11011001 11011110 11110101 11010101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; with, me, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, to, o are repeated.

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

  • summary of Pantheist;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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