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

Imagination plays me most intolerable tricks.
To enumerate them all would be unbearably prolix.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010111010001 001010110010010 101010101010101 111110111110011 101010101010101 101010101100001 110010101010111 101110101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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