This is an analysis of the poem The Search that begins with:

I went to seek for Christ,
And Nature seemed so fair... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaaaaccdedeafafghghaa acacdbdbafafgg dddddidijbjbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 110111 1101111101 11110111 010101 100101 0101110111 01110011 0111010101 01010101101 11110100101 11000011001 1101011101 1111010101 100111 111101 1011010111 11010100 1101111 111101 11010100111 01011111 1101011111 111101010010 1001011101 10110111010 1101001101 1001111101 101101 001111 1111110101 11110101 100111 011101 1111110011 01111101 1101011101 1001010111 11111010101 1011110101 1110011111 1111111001 110111 100101 0101010001 01111101 010101 110101 1011011111 01011111 1100110101 1111010111 0101000101 0101010101 1111111111 0100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 730
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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