This is an analysis of the poem The Lake that begins with:
Thus ever drawn toward far shores uncharted,
Into eternal darkness borne away,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd edXd fgfg caca hdhd feXe cici jbXX djdh hgXg Xaaa feXe fjfj jkjk fgfX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111010 0001010101 11110111100 110101 11110101110 1101110111 01110110110 110101 11110011010 1111010101 11011111100 101111 110100101010 1111111101 01010101110 101101 11110111110 0011110101 11011111110 101101 11111111010 110101 11010010101 011111 11010101110 111101 11011101000 110111 11011111010 111011 11010111110 010101 11111111010 010111 11110111010 111110 11110011010 0111110101 11011011010 111100 11111111110 1111001101 11011111100 110111 11010111100 111010101 11111101010 1100011 11111101110 1111110101 10011101100 0100101 01111111010 11101100101 01111111010 101101 001100010010 1001011111 10011101010 110011 11010101010 1011011101 1111111010 10011010 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thus, thy, in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thus, and, nay, all are repeated.
The author used the same words o, in 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 Lake;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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