This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Town that begins with:

Out of town the sky was bright and blue,
Never fog-cloud, lowering, thick, was seen to frown;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaB babXabaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111 101110011101 101010101 101 101011111 111010101 111110101 101111101 101101101 111011101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word london is repeated.

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

  • summary of Out Of Town;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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