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

The windless northern surge, the sea-gull's scream,
And Calvin's kirk crowning the barren brae....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXc dcdccee fgfXghh didiidd didiijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010111 1101100101 11010010101 1111001101 111101 01010010110 1101110111 0111101101 011101011001 1111000101 1111010001 1101001 11010000111 001100100100 11010011001 1101111101 1101100101 00101001101 0100101 0101110111 11011011011 0101100111 1011010101 01001011111 010101100101 100001 01010011111 11110010011 0111111111 1101111111 0101010101 1000011111 010101 11001011101 10010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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 The Incarnate One;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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