This is an analysis of the poem The Seekers that begins with:
Is it very long ago things were as they are
Now? or was it ever? or is it to be?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abAX c dcd be be efX f bgbg hihi c dcd Aj aj kak Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 001010110111 11101010000 101011110111 101010110100 10110011111 101010010101 101010011101 101110110101 11101111111 11110111101 101010111101 1111101010100 101101111101 10110111101 101110010100 10010110001 1010101010111 11110010111 101010110111 111110110111 101011101100 110101101001 101011110111 111010110101 101011111101 01101111101 01101101101 111010110111 101011110111 10111010001 100110110111 101010111101 1000111010101 1010001101001 111110110101 1010110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 43
- 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; it, we, that, came are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Seekers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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