This is an analysis of the poem Eclipse that begins with:

So for the luxury of the flesh, wrap it in fur of fox that it be warm,
In the bear's coat sheltering its nakedness from storm....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcCddbbcCXXbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101000011001011001 0011100010001 1110111101110101 110101 1111 1101110011 010111011110011101 1111110110101 11010111000111 111001 110011 1101110011 110001111011100111 01011100111110 11110101011111 1011101 1111 1101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 866
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its, for, in, and, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of Eclipse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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