This is an analysis of the poem Sandalwood that begins with:
Upon thy separate road
(Thou, who hast chosen the world's appointed way)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXcbXbbadbcedefbghfbaXghbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011 11110010101 111010010100 110101011100010 1010010011 10100010010 0111110 0111010 1101010011 0100101 010001 111110 1111011010011 1111010101 0101010 01010010 0101100 111110011 10101110 1101001111 1111 11010010111 1010111 1110010101 0101 0101111101 11 1111110101 0110001 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1073
- Average number of words per stanza: 186
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sandalwood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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