This is an analysis of the poem The Teacher's Monologue that begins with:

THE room is quiet, thoughts alone
People its mute tranquillity; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbbbbcdcdebeXfgfg hbhbfgfgdedeaaaadidXfhfhbiXiaa bjbjieie bfgfjdjd ababkbkb lilidfdf mhmhndnd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,30,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 10011000 01110111 11100100 11010111 10111101 1010010101 10110101 11111101 11111101 11011111 11111111 01011101 11011111 11111101 100101000 1100101101 11010100 10111111 01010100 01110101 11111101 11111101 01110001 01111101 11011100 10111111 01000100 11011101 11110011 1100111001 01110001 01011111 01110111 01101111 11011111 11110101 11000101 01101101 11011101 11011101 11010100 11110101 01010101 10110111 0110100101 11010100 11110101 11111101 11111101 11011101 011101 11010101 110101 11010111 111101 11011111 110111 01010101 110101 01010100 110011 01111101 111111 110111001 010101 110010101 110101 111101001 011101 11011101 110101 11010101 010101 11010001 010001 110100101 010101 10011111 110111 11110111 111101 01010101 011101 01110101 010100 11011111 010111 11110101 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; so, i, and, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Teacher's Monologue;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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