This is an analysis of the poem Listening that begins with:
1.
When earth's winter bareness... 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: X Xabaa X cdcdd X efefg X fffff X ehXhh X ididd X gjgjj X bkXkk X alall X edXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1110100 10101 101010 10101 11101001101 1 101110 10101 101010 001001 111010111001 1 101110 11111 101010 10101 00101011100 1 101011 10101 101011 10111 01101010101 1 1010110 01101 101100 11101 10101011111 1 101110 00101 111110 10101 101001011101 1 101110 11101 101010 11111 11101011101 1 111010 11111 101010 01111 11101010100 1 111010 10101 111110 10111 11111010001 1 111010 111001 011100 011001 11111110011
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Listening;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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