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

So from the ground we felt that virtue branch
Through all our veins till we were whole, our wrists ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdedadaadfXdfeffdbccXXghiadeacgahgcbjfidefaacf icchgXXfddjfddbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001111101 1111110111 1111110001 1111010101 01011101011 11111101001 1101011001 11111101110 111011101101 11111001010 10111111011 11010101101 10010110010 101111010 1100010101 01000111101 1101011101 1111010101 1001011101 11110100101 1111100111 1001010100 01010101010 11011101000 11010111010 1010100111 0101011101 0111011101 1101010011 0101111101 11110011111 11110001101 0101011100 0111111101 1001011001 1111010101 0111001101 11010011010 01010100101 110110101 01001100111 00110101010 0111110101 1100011111 11110010101 10011011101 0101011101 001010101011 1101011111 1101010111 01011000111 1001111111 11110101001 0110110111 1111011101 1101101000 1010000101 01000101010 1001101101 0101110001 00110100110 11011011010 0100011001 01010110010 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1445
  • Average number of words per stanza: 264
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • 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; our, and, their, it, time, his are repeated.

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

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

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

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