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

I dreamed I had come into an immense underground temple with lofty arched
roof. It was filled with a sort of underground uniform light....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa XXa Xb cXbX dc edX fX eX c acfX dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,4,2,3,2,2,1,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100101101100101 101100101011011 0010100010100101000101 0110011101111001 1 1111011010110011010 100111101001011101 1010101011000101110 100111111011010000010 100011100111101010100 0101100 0101010110110010111 110101101010 1110101101000110001 111110001001000100011 01010010100 111000110011100111 111110010 01011011011101 0111110011101110 111010011001 1111110101101111 111001111110101110 111110011101011111 111111111011011 1110101011001011 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, ', i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' 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 Nature;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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