This is an analysis of the poem The Voice Calling that begins with:

IN the hush of April weather,
With the bees in budding heather, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb XXdeed aafggf bbhiXh jjehXe Xaiffi jjfiif jXiggi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101010 00101010 101110101011101 1110101 1111111 101010101110111 11101110 11111110 001101101110111 111111 11101001 111000101111101 10101010 11111010 101010101010101 1011101 1011111 1110100101011101 00101010 01101110 101111101110111 1010101 1110101 111110101011 01111010 00111110 011011101100101 10100111 10101110 101110100011001 10101010 10111010 101111101010101 11001010 01111110 001101101010011 10011010 11010010 010110001101001 10111001 1011101 001000111010001 11111010 00111000 101001101010100 1110101 100111 1110111001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; through, and, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words through, and, all, in are repeated.

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

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

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