This is an analysis of the poem At Penshurst that begins with:

Had Sacharissa lived when mortals made
Choice of their deities, this sacred shade... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddeeaaaaffaa ggddhhiibbXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1100011101 1011000101 11110001011 0111011101 0101010111 1001010001 0101111101 1011010101 1101110101 1101010011 0101001001 1111010101 01110110101 1101000101 1011010111 11110101001 101111101 0011000011 10010000101 01011010001 1101010101 1001011111 0111010101 0101110011 1111010101 0101110101 0101011101 1111010101 1111010101 0100110101 01011111110 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Edmund Waller