This is an analysis of the poem The Poet that begins with:
THEY tell you the poet is useless and empty the sound of his lyre,
That science has made him a phantom, and thinned to a shadow his fire: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc ddee ccdd eeff ggcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11101001011001001 110111010110011010 101011001001011001 101001001010001001 11111001001011011 01001101001001001 101001101001001111 1011010010101001011 01001011011001011 01111001011111001 101011011101011001 101001001011101001 11111111011001111 01001011111001001 101011001001001011 1010110010011100010 11111101001111101 0110100101001001 101101011100011011 011001001001011011 11111001001001111 01001001001001001 101101101101101001 101001101001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1761
- Average number of words per stanza: 324
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, he, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, not are repeated.
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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