This is an analysis of the poem To - that begins with:
“Who would not be a poet?” thus I read
In thy proud sonnet, my poetic friend; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcddefeefgcf eehheeiijjaaaagcbbgd ekekekcece iiffddiddikkjdjjddgdgcjjcXddi XlmlmaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,20,10,29,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110010111 0111010101 11001101110 10110010110 1100001101100 1110010111 10000110101 0111000101 01110101 00110101 01010001 010101 01000101 11000100 111111010101 1001110101 1110010101 11111100101 0100111101 01010010101 01111100101 0100011101 1001110101 0111100001 1101010101 11000100111 0101000101 01011101010 111000101010 1101011110 1001000100 01111000101 1001001001 1001111111 01011000111 11010110001 0101010111 0101010101 0101010001 1010101 0110010101 01001101010 10111100001 11111101010 11001010101 100110 11111101 10011100 00100111 110101001 1101010100101 111111001 110101 111101111 11010101 100111 101101 1111000111 11110011001 0100011101 01010001001 010101 11110101 1101010111 1010101 10010010101 010100 11111101 100101011101 000111011100 1101010100 01011111 1110010001 110111110101 10101010 00101010 10101010 101010 11101010 0010101 10101010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 676
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, s, to, of, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word yet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase delight connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To -;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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