This is an analysis of the poem The Artist that begins with:

In summer, hot, and winter, snow-clad,
In days you bury, wed, or feast at home,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdca Xddd aaaa deef aaff dgag dadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010111011 0111011111 1111010101 1001110101010 0101000101 11010111111 0111010111 0101110101 0001110101 1011010111 1101010011101 1101000101 110101001 111001001 0101110101 11011010001 1101100111 00110011 01111111 0101010001 11110011111 0101110101 0111010111 011101111 1011011101 0101000101 101111111 1011010101 0111011111 110100101 1111111011 1101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, of, bird are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 The Artist;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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