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

Foreguarded and unfevered and serene,
Back to the perilous gates of Truth he went— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXba bXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 100011000101 10010010111 1011010101 00110110110 10000010101 1111010100 0100110111 1101111001 1101110101 1001011101 11010111010 1101000100 1101111101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, to are repeated.

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

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

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

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