This is an analysis of the poem Autobiographia that begins with:

I had everything and luck: Rings of smoke
blown for me; sunlight safe inside the leaves...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabcac ddbXc dXdaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110111101 1111110101 0101110100 0110100111 0101011101 1011010110 1111110101 1110101101 1110111110 1110101011 0111110011 1101011101 11111110111 0111111110 1110101101 11001010110 1110011001 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of, and, to, i, my, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word everything at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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