This is an analysis of the poem Desert Dweller that begins with:

There is no room in any town (he said)
To house the towering hugeness of my dream....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc ded eae afX fgf gcg XfXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010111 010100100011 0101010101 1101010101 1011010101 11110110101 1101010101 1101111110 0101010101 1101101111 10001110101 1101111100 1101010011 1111011101 0101010011 1111010101 0111010111 01010101100 1001011101 11010001001 0101010011 1001010101 0101010011 0101011101 1101010011 0101011111 0101110101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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