This is an analysis of the poem A Blessing that begins with:

Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota,
Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababcdXaedbabcfgfXgbXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101101010 111101101 10101110010 10010 1111010011 0101111 1110011000010 1110101101 110101110011100 1111 111011111110 10110011 1111101100110010010 1110101001011 11111001 110111 10111 01111010 101111001011 1010010110011 1001101 101110110111 0010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 911
  • Average number of words per stanza: 172
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; they, her are repeated.

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  • summary of A Blessing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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