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

for Tony
I could not disengage my world...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bacdcdXed bfefdeXg hcgddiiifXXXcb jXd hfXdgfcggdkXXcf XcXXdi aegj hkXddeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,8,14,3,15,6,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 11100111 00100100 111010111 11010001 1011010100 100101 10 111 11110 111 0111 11010111 1101 111 11011001 0110101 1011010 10101 10011101 1111010 110 01010 110011011 11011 1010110 1101011 110100 1100 1110 1100101 1101 111111 01011000 0111 010001001011 1010101 0111 10101010 101011010 101001 10111 101100010 101010010 11100110 1110110 0101001 110101 1110011 10111 1100 01111 1111011 101011101 00101011110 1001101 1010 11111 11010100110 1111001 111101 1110 01100111 10111 1111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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