This is an analysis of the poem Carthusians that begins with:
Through what long heaviness, assayed in what strange fire,
Have these white monks been brought into the way of peace,... 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 cdcd dddd efef Xcbc Xbfb gcgc hchcXcgcg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110010001110 111101000101 0100110101010 100100011101 011011110101 010101010101 101101011100 0100001010011 0101110101001 111101000101 111101111101 1111011001101 01110100011101 101101110101 110101010101 010101010111 010100111000 110101000101 111101011100 110101110111 11001101111 111001001101 100100101011 010100011001 110111101101 110111001111 01011010100111 011011010101 1111011110101 011111110101 111101110101 110111111101 111100111101 11111011101 111100110001 101101101101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, we, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Carthusians;
- 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.
