This is an analysis of the poem The Hidden City that begins with:

It was the schooner Desperate
That sailed the southern sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefXf cgagaXgb XhXhXhiX jXhXgjXj iaiXjhjh cXaegdXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010100 110101 10101101010 011010 10011101 1110101 11011111 010101 1111110 1101101 11111101 1111001 110110101 011111 1101010101 1010111 11100110 1110111 111110111 1111101 110100110 10101001 11111101 1101010 10010101 111011 1001010101 010111 11011111 110111 110100101 110101 110111111 110101 11011101 1111101 10110101 110101 111111011 111111 11011011010 111101 110100101 1011111 11111111 111010 001111111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; her, ', had, your, and, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of The Hidden City;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis