This is an analysis of the poem Unison that begins with:

Those two lone pilgrims of void routes,
my dark pupils, had fainted away-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc de f Xa cg cc fXf dcahXaX bfgc dechhib HH effjhj iji X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,1,2,2,2,3,7,4,7,2,6,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011 111011001 101001 1111110 100100011 110110001 10100101 100101 1111 001001 1101 01101 11010 100100 100101 111110 0101001 111000110110 01001001 1110101 001 011 01100101 0111001 110101 001001 11110 11101 001001 1100101 01011001011 0001010010 001101 1101 1101 1111100001001 1111011010 101111 01001 111 11 1110110 0110100100 111100110 01010100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, poured, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, the, to, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words like, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines released is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase melted connects the lines.

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

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

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