This is an analysis of the poem Not Understood that begins with:
Tumultuous rushing o'er the outstretched plains;
A wildered maze of comets and of suns;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaXabbbbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110010100011 01001010101 01010011101 010101100101 0101111101 0101010101 0101010111 0100111101 1101010101 010111011 1011010101 1001010101 1011010101 0111011100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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More information about poems by George MacDonald
- Analysis of Within And Without: Part Iv: A Dramatic Poem
- Analysis of Within And Without: Part V: A Dramatic Poem
- Analysis of November, 1851
