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

On the far horizon there
Heaps of cloudy darkness rest;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fbfb dddd fgfg XhXh ijij gdgd bXbeXdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1010101 1010001 1010111 10111010 1110001 10111010 1010101 1111101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1011101 1010101 1111101 0110101 101111 10000111 0011111 1011101 1010111 1011101 1010111 11101001 1010101 10101010 10111000 10101110 1010111 1110111 1010111 1010001 1011111 0011001 1010101 1010101 1011101 1110101 1010101 0010101 1110101 1010101 10101011 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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