From The Roof by Denise Levertov: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem From The Roof that begins with:

This wild night, gathering the washing as if it were flowers
      &n bsp;   animal vines twisting...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXX Xcccde aeXbXXdd XddccafXfgXh Xhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,8,12,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100010100010 110011010011 110111010100 110100000100 1011011010100 1000110110101 1100101010 110101011 11100101 11011000 100111101 11010010 101001101101 111101001010010 111101101101 1111100101100 1110010101 10111101101011 01110101111 010101001010 10101111001111 10011111 01011010111 1111001111 100101 110011010 110011010 11010010 11101111111 111101111 111101 1111110 0101101 110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, who are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of From The Roof;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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