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

Imagination, to thine occult sight,
All things are crystal—earth, and sea, and sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdbdd aaaaadadd dedeefeff bgbggegee hahaaeaee Xiaiibibb efeffbfbc XbbbXbbc afaffjfXj kdkddadaaeaea aaaaaXafaffafaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,9,13,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101001011 1111011111 0110011101 10001111101 1101011100 1001011101 0111010111 1001010101 111101011101 110100011001 1101010101 1101011101 1100011001 1110010101 1101011111 1101010101 1101011001 1111001110101 1111010011 0100011111 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1111011111 011000101 1001110101 110101010011 0101010101 1101010101 1111010001 11001101001 1101010101 11011111001 1110011111 0101110101 1101110010101 1111010111 01001001101 1101010101 1110100101 10110010101 1101010111 11110010101 1111011101 111101010001 11001011100 0111011101 01010010101 11011101001 11010100100 0111010111 1101110100 0101011101 110101010101 1101010101 1101110101 1001010101 1100010101 1101010111 1101010101 1001100101 1101010001 101101110100 0101110101 10101111101 100010111110000001101 1101000111 1101110110 1101011101 1111001111 1111011110100 01010001101 1111010111 1111010101 1111011101 0101010011 11000010101 0101011101 1111011110 110101011101 1101010101 0111010000 110010001 0010010111 1111110111 1100110100 0111011011 1011011100 111001100101 1101011101 1101110111 0111010101 1101010001 11010010101 1011110101 1101011001 101100101101 011111010101 1101110101 1011001101 11011000101 0101111101 1101010111 1111110111 0011010101 1011010111 010100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 107
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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