This is an analysis of the poem All Soul's Even that begins with:

THE grey air was thinning
Over the red lake, ...

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: Xababcdc efafXgdg hihihiXiXecacbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110 10011 10110 1001 011110 11011 011011 1101 110110 01101 111011 0011 110110 1101 110011 0011 110110 11101 1101110 01111 011110 01111 010111 1101 110110 0011 010110 11011 011110 01101 110110 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of All Soul's Even;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Frederick Robert Higgins