This is an analysis of the poem The Colours Of Light that begins with:
This is not easy to understand
For you that come from a distant land...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc dXeeffggaa hhaaiijj ddggffee kklliiaa ccmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,8,8,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 001100101 111100101 111001101 110100111 110101101 100101111 10100101 11111100 10111111 11000010111 11101110 101111111 1010011 10100101 10101101 10110101 10101101 10100111 10111111 10101111 10100101 11111101 11101101 10100100 10101111 010100111 110110111 111110101 1110101111 101101100 1011111111 011110111 101110111 11110101 100101111 1001001001 10010101 10100101 100101111 11111101 100111001 111001001 100101001 110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words silver, golden are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Colours Of Light;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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