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

Love was the flight of a crimson bird
Across the forest of your soul,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaa cbXcc deedd fggff bXdXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 01010011 11011101 11010101 10011111 11010111 011100111 11100100 110010101 10010101 10010101 010010111 01010101 00110101 1011011 10010101 01000101 11011101 00111101 010011111 10010101 01110100 10011111 01011000 111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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