This is an analysis of the poem Progression that begins with:
See that satan pollarding a tree,
That geometric man straightening a road:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cdce XXfeXXfddf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111010001 11010110001 1011010111 110010110111 11011010011 110101100111 1011111011 0110011100111 01110110100 0100011001 10011001101 11010100010 10111000010100 1101110111 01110001011 0011100101101 110011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; that, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Progression;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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