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

The flowering sea and the mountains in the moon's waning
the great stone close to the Barbary figs and the asphodels...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcd adefdghcfdgiacehegeX eebdhjhcei bebXcXiXXje
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,20,10,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101000110 011100100110100 0110101110101 101110101111 1001001111010100 1101111101111100 011010101 110110011 1101110101 1101111111101 0111101101 1010011001 101110111111 11001010101 010111111011010 1111100101 110101010110 10001010011011110 1011101101 10101101 1101111100001010 11101101110110 10100010111 101010011110 1010001110100 11111010101010010 1001011011 100111111011 11010101111 11100101010 1101111011010101101 101111111 001010100100101 100110011 101111100 011111101110111 00111101111 101001001 110111101101 10011000111 1010011011 101111110 0111011101111 01 10101000100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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