This is an analysis of the poem After Violence that begins with:

Stained-glass blue day. But smoke, after a noise
from heaven, still drifts half a world away...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbddaXXXcXaXXaXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111001 0101110101 10101011011 111011011 110001101001 1111101001 010010111 01001101111 1010101011 0010101010 010100101100 111101011 01101011010100 0111010100101 01111101 01010110101 0101011100 10101011101 010111111 11001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 896
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, of are repeated.

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

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

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