This is an analysis of the poem The Poet that begins with:
What instinct forces man to journey on,
Urged by a longing blind but dominant! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101010101 1101011100 1011111101 0101010001 10010100111 0100110010 0101010011 0111000101 0101110100 1101000111 1101001101 1100010100 1111010001 1100010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 571
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Poet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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