This is an analysis of the poem Amsterdam that begins with:
THE pointed houses lean so you would swear
That they were falling. Tangled vessel masts...
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: abcdX efgag hifXj egkgf bgglj ggggah gXjgl ll cgebf gedXXX cegcb XXcgkg ffbkb XiegX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,6,5,2,5,6,5,6,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011111 1101010101 1101010101 0101011111 1101010101 1001011101 1111101101 0011100101 1001000101 1101011101 0111010111 0111010111 01100111010 0101010100 11010011101 1001011101 1011010101 1101010001 1111011001 0111010101 1101000101 1111011101 0101010011 1101100101 1001011101 1101100101 1101010101 01011101001 1011111111 0101001101 1111111101 1001011001 1101110111 01001110101 1101110101 01001110011 0100110101 0101010101 0111010101 0101000001 1111110101 10010111101 10010101001 11101011010 1101010101 0101010101 11010101000 1100010100 11111101000 1100110101 110111001011 0111010101 1011010001 1101011101 01011101110 0100010101 1001010011 1101000101 11010111110 0101011101 1111110001 1111110111 11110010101 1111011101 11001111001 11010101011 1110010100 0101001101 1011010101 10010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Amsterdam;
- 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.
