This is an analysis of the poem Vickery's Mountain that begins with:
Blue in the west the mountain stands,
And through the long twilight ... 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: Abab cdAD efef fbfb egeg hdhd gaga igig jgjg ajaj Acac fafa eaeaXADcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010101 110111 01010101 1100111 11111111 111111 10010111101 10111011 110101111 111111 1001010111 101101 01010100 010101 111110101 111101 111111111 001101 111111100 1110101 11111111 011001 01011111 010101 11110101 110111 11110111 010111 10111101 111101 101010111 100101 01010101 001101 11011101 010101 11010100 111111 101011101 110111 10010101 010101 11010111 110101 11110101 111101 01011111 011101 01010101 011100 110001111 011110 10010111101 10111011 100100111 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, you, that, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase bright connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Vickery's Mountain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
