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

Sounds of rural life and labour!
Not the notes of pipe and tabour,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdddC eeecbbbc dddcfffc bXb cgggc aXbcdddC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,3,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 10101110 10101110 10101010 10101010 11101010 100101010 10111010 00001101 11101110 11101010 10111010 11101010 11101010 10111110 10111010 10100010 10101010 10101010 10110010 10111110 11101110 100111010 10111010 10100010 10101100 11101010 11001010 10101010 10110010 11111010 00101010 10101111 10101110 10111010 10101010 10100010 10001010 10111010 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of, and, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word story at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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