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

Of things that roam about the bush I ain't got many fears,
For I knows their ways an' habits, and I've chummed with them for years.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddcc eeff gghX ddbb XXee XeaX eeXh iiXi aajX XjXX ggee gXaa ddgX bbcc hhXd bbhh kkgg hhbb iill hhjj mmcc nnccXeebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01110101111101 1111111011100010 11111101110101 111011100011011 101111100000101 101010101010101 101010101110101 111110101110001 111010101110101 111111100010101 011010101110101 11011111110101 11010101110101 01010101111101 11010101110111 11100101111111 01011101011101 11010100111101 11011100111101 101010101111100 111010111011101 11101101010111 101000101011111 10011101111001 11001111100101 11011111110101 11011100110111 11100101010011 110101011111000 11011101111001 11110001011111 11010101111111 11110101110110 10000100111101 11011100110101 11010111111101 11111101110111 101111001011111 11111111111011 11001101111101 11011111111101 111111001111001 11011111110110 01011101111111 11111101110101 11010101111111 11111101010111 110111111001110 11011111011111 11011101111111 11111111110111 11110111110101 11010101011111 11010101100111 11010101011101 110111011100111 11111001111101 01110101010101 11010111110111 11100111111101 11111101110101 10011101110101 11011111111111 11010101010101 11011101110111 1111110111111 110111011101110 11011111010011 010111111100001 101010101011011 11010101111101 11010111111101 110001111101010 010111111111010 11100101010101 1001001111111 11110111111100 11011101111001 11010101111011 11110101111101 11110101111101 01010001111011 11010101111101 01111111010001 110101011111001 01011101111101 111010001010101 11000100110101 11010100111111 11111101111101 11010101010001 11110101111111 11111111111101 11011101110101 11110101111111 11111111011101 01010001011111 11111101010101 01110101110101 001011100011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, i, an', it, as, to, you, she, 'i, ', that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, there's, i, an', but are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' 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 The Vision;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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