This is an analysis of the poem July 10 that begins with:

The sky was a midnight blue
velvet cloth draping...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXcdecXfgfbdbeXcXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111 10110 010111 101110 101001 110111 0100101 10101110 11101 1101011 110101110 10101010 111001 011001010 0011011 01010010 1011011010 110101 111110011 1100111 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 570
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 July 10;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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