This is an analysis of the poem The Vine that begins with:

Like clustering tents upon the embattled mead,
See Vitis thick her small pavilions spread.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa ddcceeeeffggcchhiijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110010100101 1101010101 01110101001 11001011101 00110000101 101010101001 0101110101 01010101001 110001010101 1011000101 1001010101 0101000101 10111101001 11010101001 110101010010 01010101010 10010011101 1011010101 0101010101 1101010101 1101010111 11011100101 1101011101 110101001001 0101000101 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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

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

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