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

Where the cedar leaf divides the sky
I heard the sea. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc ddebbX ffghX igfXdgc deXff dfiX Xhdffbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,7,5,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010101 1101 0100010001 1110101100 1010001 1100110001 1001111011 10110001 01110 1101000101 10000101 1110100001 0110101011 0011011 0110110 10110011 110111 1100101101 1101010111 111010101 111101111111 0101110100 0101010001 1111011111 010110010001 1011001011 0101110101 111111011010 11100010101 1101010010 10010100111 1101100100 11010010001 0101011001 1100101011 1 11001111010 10001000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ' is repeated.

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

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

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