This is an analysis of the poem ‘like A Brazier’s Bronze Cinders,’ that begins with:

Like a brazier’s bronze cinders,
the sleepy garden’s beetles flowing....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc caaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 010101010 10011110 01001010 1000010101 110001 1010101 101101 10111010 11011001 10101011 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of ‘like A Brazier’s Bronze Cinders,’;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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