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

“COME to me for wisdom,' said the mountain;
In the valley and the plain ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabbccdXddcc ebbecffcccggaa ahhiiaa jjjijkkdaadgghhllggmmXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,14,7,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101010 0010101 10101010001 10100011010 1011010 100111010 1100101 1010101 11111010 10111110 10101010 100101100 1010011 1010101 1010010 0011010 101110101 1110111 10100010101 1110011111 11111110 00100101 1010101 10101110 10101010 100001010 1010111 10100101 10100101 1010101 1010101 10101110 10101110 1011101 10100111 1011101 1011111 1011100101 1010101 1110111 101000101001 1111101 1011101 0010111 1111101 1010101 1010101 1010001 1110101 1010111 1011101 1011101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011111 1011101 1110111 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, sees, all are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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