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

Books and a coloured skein of thoughts were mine;
And magic words lay ripening in my soul...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dede cdcd dfdf cdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 11011100011 1111010101 11010110101 1101110111 1111011011 1111010100 1011010101 11110110001 1101011101 1111011101 1101110101 1011110101 1100010101 1111011100 1011001111 11000011101 01010100010 0101010101 10110001010 11111110101 0111110111 01001111111 01010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

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

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

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