St. Peter And The Angel by Denise Levertov: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem St. Peter And The Angel that begins with:

Delivered out of raw continual pain,
smell of darkness, groans of those others...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc cbdeXa afe ffXXbdbXeXegXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101001 101010110 01111 10011 1010 1101100100 1 101011 0101001001 111010101 1001011 11011 11111010111 01110101 001010010010 111101 11101101 01111100 10111010010 1110111100 10101 110111101 11111111001 10110 0110011 011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of St. Peter And The Angel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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