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

Wind of the gentle summer night,
Dwell in the lilac tree,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab abab caca dbdb efef gaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 100111 1010101 111001 11101111 1100111 111011001 100111 1111001001 0100111 01101101011 101101 111001111 101111 110100101 11100111 1110111001 0010101 010111111 00111001 10101100 100101 10010101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, her are repeated.

    The author used the same word wind at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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