This is an analysis of the poem En-Route that begins with:

A scent of myrrh which roams in the twilight.
Plazas red and desolate sink in fume....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X b c c b b a X a d b X X e a b f f g b X X e a h X a d h f g X X f X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110011 1011100101 0110101011 01110101 00100011101 011001000110 00101101 1101110110 0101010110101 101100101 110110101001 1101110100 001000111110 1010101011000 010111101 11010101111 1101011101 111110010100 0101011010 00010101011111 1100101110 11011110 00110111 1011110 1011001001 100011111 01001010100010010 0101011101 01011011001 01011101 1110101101000 011100011 1010101011 01010111 0110101010 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 41
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same words in, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of En-Route;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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