This is an analysis of the poem Everything That Acts Is Actual that begins with:

From the tawny light
from the rainy nights...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdX eacXeXf cafdabXX caXXXcdXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101 00101 000101010 0111101 0111101 10100011011 1111 00010011 0101001 10001101101 110 1111 101001011010 101 011 110111 1100100 100 111111 1101101011 11011 1111 011 1010110100 01010 1110 10000101010 01010 10 110101111 0111010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word from is repeated.

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

  • summary of Everything That Acts Is Actual;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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