This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Derivations that begins with:
I come from nothing; but from where
Come the undying thoughts I bear?... 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: aabba ccaac ddddd eeffe ggeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 10010111 110110111 00110001 11010001 1110100110 111101110 011110111 11011101 1111011110 11110111 100101101 01010101 11011101 01000101 10111101 11111111 01000101 110100111 0111011 01010100 01011101 11011101 10010101 10010100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, and, my are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 A Song Of Derivations;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
