This is an analysis of the poem Experience that begins with:
The valley of dusk was filled
With a silver-grey fragrance, like the moon ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a b c X d e X X b X d f f X c c b d a a c g g e g g X d X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100111 0010110101 101110101 01011000110 1110101 11001100010 01011111 11001010 01100100101 1101011 10010010111 1100110 01010101011 101111100111 0111110 010110111010 100101010 11 01011011110 10001110111 11011010110110 1010101101010 0101101110111 01101000101 01001110101 01101010011 10011011 10101001001 101110101 100111110100 101010101011
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 40
- Average number of words per stanza: 7
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines knew is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word knew at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Experience;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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