This is an analysis of the poem The Blessing that begins with:
When, by a decree of the sovereign power,
The poet makes his appearance in a bored world,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd Xbab ebe Xfcbcgcgcbhb Xfefebib ieieiccccXcjXkek XcfXfkdk dcllX gjcj cXca ceheX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,3,12,8,16,8,5,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001001010 010100100011 011101001110 11010011111011 10111101001010 10101010100 1101111010010 11100010100 1110100111011 010111001010 1111011001000 10011110001 11110111100 1011110101 101001010101 10111001010010 11101010 11011010110101 10010001010 00101100001001 111001010110 010000110001 1111111111 101000011110 0101110101 01010110101 101101001010 001110010010 11111110010 110101010100 0100100100010010 110111001001 1110101001001 10100100101 110111100101 1100001010111 010010001001 1101111001010 10010010101101 111101100111 101010100101100 01111101101 01010001111 111101100101 1111101010101 10101110 1101001111110101 110001111101 101010011000 1011111001 110111100110 111110110010 001100100101 011010010101 1010100011001 01110110001 11111110100 1010011001110 101011010010 010101100110 11101010010 0101010 1001011010 10101000 11010010100 11110001101 1110111101 11101011111 101000101111 110100010100 010110011 1011110110100 1000101110110 111000010101 1001010100101 01110101011 1110010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, like, as are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Blessing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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