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

THE wild and windy morning is lit with lurid fire;
The thundering surf of ocean beats on the rocks of Tyre, --... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccaX ddeXab ccddbb ffbbgX ffccee hhdXgg XXiiaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110100101010 01001010110101 1101010110101 1101010010101 11010101101010 11010100101010 0101010100101 11011100101001 1101010110111 010000101101100 10010111101010 0101010010101 10110100110101 1110010110111 1111010111001 1101010110101 1111010110111 1101010111101 1001010111101 01010100101001 010101010101 0100010110101 1011010110001 0101110011100 1111010010011 1011010010101 1100010011101 1101011110101 1101110010001 1101010110100 1101010111111 1001010011101 1001110101101 110101011001100 11110100010001 1111010110100 1101010110101 01110010011000 0101011111101 0111011110101 11010101111010 11010100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, thy, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, thou, no are repeated.

    The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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