This is an analysis of the poem Haze that begins with:

KEEP a red heart of memories
Under the great gray rain sheds of the sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaa cb XX cX d CdXX CDaXX CdX c CDX a XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,2,2,1,4,5,3,1,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110100 1001111001 10010110101010 010110011111 11001100111 100101010011 110111111111 101011010 11011010 10110101111011 01110010110111 00101011001100101011101110111010111111111110111 1111111 1101001011 10100110100111 011110010011010011010101011010011010011010001101001 1111111 1111101011 11111100111 1110001010111 1111101110 11111110 110101011 10100111100110 01011010101001010101101010010101 11111110 1111101011 111111101101000111 1100101010100010101011001110101100101101110110101011001010100111011001010001001001110101111010101 1010101001010101110010010101 00100111010110000100110110100010010111110101101 110101010100101101001011110011111101111110100011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2543
  • Average number of words per stanza: 498
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • 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, you, love, my, why, it, only are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words under, i, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of Haze;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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