This is an analysis of the poem Withheld that begins with:
Therein is sunlight, and sweet sound:
Cool flow of waters, musical, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba ccXc deed Xccf eaae fddf gggc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 11010100 11011111 01010101 01101101 11111101 01010101 11110001 1110011101 010001001 11000111 10111101 01111110 11011100 10111101 10110101 00110011 110010101 0110111 11011101 11011111 11010101 11011101 11111111 11110111 10110101 01111111 11011100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, sweet are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word therin is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Withheld;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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