This is an analysis of the poem To Poesy that begins with:
These vessels of verse, O Great Goddess, are filled with invisible tears,
With the sobs and sweat of my spirit and her desolate brooding for...
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: aabbcc bbbbdd efeggfhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001111011001001 001110110101001010 111011110111100011 110011010111001001 110010011001011001 11010010101001001 110011010001001001 111011001001011011 101001011001011101 101011001011001011 110101011011001001 111001011111001101 11001111001101011 11101001111101 1001 110110110110001001 11001101001101011 1110010111001011 111 111010011101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, i've, thy, my, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 To Poesy;
- 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.
