This is an analysis of the poem The Parting Of Ways that begins with:

THE SKIES from black to pearly grey
Had veered without a star or sun; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede cded adad fgfgXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11010111 10010101 11111111 11010001 11011101 11111111 11111111 01010101 111100110 11011111 110110110 11110101 01010101 11010110 01010101 11100101 10110101 10010101 10010101 11011101 01010101 11111101 10110011 11010101 11010101 111100101 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Parting Of Ways;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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