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

Noon! and in the garden bower
The hot air quivers o’er the grass,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccddcceefXXfcXcXbcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 01110101 01010111 111100010 11101010 1010101 11010101 1110100 1010101 1111101 1110101 0011001 1010111 10101010 1010101 1010100 110001010 1011101 00101100 1010101 00101010 10111001 1110101 10100011 001001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 793
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 Noon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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