This is an analysis of the poem Witness that begins with:
Against the enormous rocks of a rough coast
The ocean rams itself in pitched assault...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bccb deed fggf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001010011 0101010101 1101011011 1101011011 1100011101 00101110101 1101011011 1001100111 1000110001 0100010101 01001011001 001110001 00010011010 100100110001 0111110001 110101110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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 is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Witness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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