This is an analysis of the poem On Como that begins with:

A rainless darkness drew o'er the lake
As we lay in our boat with oars unshipped.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcbcbded eebebbcbcfcfcgbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011001 11101101100 0110111001 110011101 10010111 1100100101 10100111001 11101101 110010010001 010100101 100101111 11001001001 101101010101 11001011001 1100101101 010110101 1001001001 11101111101 0110101110 001011011001 110010111 10011111 010010101 011111001 0100110101 101110101 1010101001 1100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, to are repeated.

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

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

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