This is an analysis of the poem One Morning that begins with:

Looking for distinctive stones, I found the dead otter
rotting by the tideline, and carried all day the scent of this savage...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXbba cacXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101110110 101010011011010010 100011111010001 110010101 1010011011000001 1010110101100100 100101010101 110100010101 0101101010101010 0101010110100101 1101010010111010 011011111 0110101010001101 10110110110101 10101110110 11001010111010100 1101100101010011 111111101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word water at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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