This is an analysis of the poem A Poet Speaks from the Visitors' Gallery that begins with:

Have Gentlemen perhaps forgotten this?-
We write the histories....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab abXb acbc dede Xdfd X fgfg XhihXibaeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,1,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100010100 110100 11001101010 1101010001 11000111010 1111010001 11111101010 0111010101 01110100010 0111010101 11000101010 1101011101 01110101010 1101010101 11000111110 1001010101 01110111010 1011100101 11000101010 010111010110 1011000101 11010111010 111100101 10011000101 0101010101 1101010101 0101010111 1001101110 1100111101 11010001010 11110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; they, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word do 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 A Poet Speaks from the Visitors' Gallery;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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