This is an analysis of the poem A Tryst that begins with:
From out the desolation of the North
An iceberg took it away,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae fbfb ghgh gggX dbdb igig hhhh dgdg gjgj kdkd XXXl hghg fjfj lmlm gfgf eXel nmnm lolo
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101010001 1101001 0001011101 1100111 1101110101 011001 1101010011 110101 0011110011 001101 1011010101 1101001 1101010101 101101 1101010101 010101 1111010101 111111 1001010101 110101 101010111 010101 1001111101 010110 11011101001 100101 0101111101 110001 1100010111 100100 01010100101 000101 1011010111 1100101 1111010101 100101 1011010101 100111 1101110111 0100101 1101010101 100111 1001010101 010101 11010010101 110101 0101110001 110101 11010010100 11010110 01001110101 011101 1101010101 111101 1001010101 1101001 11010010101 011101 11010101001 111101 1101010111 110101 0100101011001 1110001 01110111001 101111 1011010101 110101 1111110101 110111 1100010001 111101 1101010101 110101 1011111101 100101 1001110101 110111 1111110101 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; who, it, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, ever are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Tryst;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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