This is an analysis of the poem The Ister that begins with:

Now is the time for fire!
Impatient for the daylight,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefeghiXegbggfjaej Xkbhbiabcee lamgeeicj cnibgcanckffmkjecak XdleXkdXkjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,11,9,19,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 0101011 1111 010010 010110 110111 11110010 1101011 001011 1010010 010101010 111 101 1010 010101 111101 1010101 10101001 100010 10010101001 100111 01001010 0101010011 11110010 01011001 01001011 0010110 101101001010 110101 101011 1110010 11001010 1010101 11110101110 1011010010 1101001 0100101010101 1011011 010101 11101001 1111 1010111 011011 1011 001 11 0110111 0111001011010 011101 11111010 1010111101 101101110 00110111101000 110111110 11110010 1110010111 1101001111010 11010010111 101001110 1111011 10101 1001010 01000101 0100101011 10111101010 101010010 1011010 1011010 011101010 1101001 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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

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