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

O those years! The green light of morning
and the still unswept pavements of pleasure—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdX eXeefg haehdXe hieeXeegfaaXb dfajefh XhX e X aejihf deahdahXXegcadag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,13,7,3,1,1,6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011010 1011010010 1010100100010 110101 01001 101010010 001110101 1001101110 10110110 10011010 10010100 1110101 011010 101110010 110111001 0101010 010010010100 11011110 10100001 10001011 100101110 101 101010 1011101 1111 1001 10101 11010101 0111010 101000110 1110 101 01101 110 1110111011 100110 0110 1 1111010010 111 11011 110 1 11001 0101001 101110101 010101101001 1010 1001000101 1001 10101 1111101 01011 1101111001 00111010 01010 0101011 01001111 1101 100101 1110110 100101 001 11001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i are repeated.

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

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

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

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