This is an analysis of the poem Upon Wedlock, And Death Of Children that begins with:

A Curious Knot God made in Paradise,
And drew it out inamled neatly Fresh.... 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: aXaaXb cdcdcc eeffaa gXgXbb fg fhii fifidd Xghgbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,2,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01001110101 1101100101 0101111111 11010100101 0101111010 1101011001 01110111001 0111011111 1111010101 01001101101 1101110101 1101111101 1001110111 11010101011 1100110101 1101010111 1111100101 1101101101 11010010101 10010101010 1111011001 11101100101 0101100001 1101000101 1101011011 1101010111 1101101111 11011111101 0011010101 0100110001 1101111101 11010101011 1101010111 0101011101 1101010101 1111011111 1111110111 0110111111 1111111111 11001010100 11111101101 1011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; my, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word but 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 Upon Wedlock, And Death Of Children;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Edward Taylor