This is an analysis of the poem Voyages Iv that begins with:
Whose counted smile of hours and days, suppose
I know as spectrum of the sea and pledge ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbcb XXcdc XXX deXeXXa ff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,3,7,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101101 1111000111 1011011101 110111010001 11001100000 1101010101 1100010001 1110100001 1101000011 10101000010 1101010101 0101111101 0101110011 1111110111 11010110111 1101010101 0100000101 010100010100 100101001100 1100101111100 110101011011 1101111000 1101110011 0001010101 0101110011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; of, and are repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Voyages Iv;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.