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

Thousands of tiny
fists tamping the surface of the lake ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdefghiajebXkelcgmiccklhXXmcjecXfcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 110010001 10101 101101110 10011 001001101 11001 111111001 0110 111011110 10110 111100100 11001 1001011101 10010 110010100 11010 101011000 01001 111011010 10100 110110001 10101 00111101 10010 101111111 10100 101001001 101011 11110111 11101 1101011010 101001 1001010101 10100 100100101 10101 101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 197
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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