This is an analysis of the poem Upon The Threshing-Floor Of Life that begins with:
Upon the threshing-floor of life I burn
Beside the Winnower a word to learn; ...
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: aaaabbXXccdcddddaaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101010111 0101000101 1100100111 1001111101 1101011101 0101010101 0101011111 11100010110 1101010101 0101011011 1111010101 0111010101 1101000111 0101011101 0101010101 1101010001 11110100101 10110100101 1111111101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 852
- Average number of words per stanza: 156
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Upon The Threshing-Floor Of Life;
- 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.
