This is an analysis of the poem The Treasure Of Abram that begins with:

I.
IN the old Rabbinical stories, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcefgfhdidjkdkflelfdbdXcgcmbebbhnh Xnnbb oonnn nndn XlXX nndXaXlX ddaoX jjbX adX mlmXm Xididbdid lplp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,5,5,4,4,8,5,4,3,5,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 001010010 1111101 01010010 11011001 101001001 0100101 01010010 110101 111010010 011101 11001110 1110101 1101010 0100101 11110101 10100111 1011010 100101 11111101 010101 010011010 1110101 010110010 0010001 001010110 0101101 11111010 1100101 00101110 1100101 110100111 10100101 101011011 111101 01101010 01001001 1 11100101111101 11010101110111 11010001110101 01010101110111 11011101110111 01011111110111 11011101010111 10110101110101 011001011110101 11010101 11011001 0111010111010101 011101 111011111101110 01010101101111 11011101010111 11010110011101 01001101111001 11000101110101 11110101111101 11011101010101 11101111111101 11011101110111 11110101010101 100111111101010 11001111110101 11010111110101 11110101111111 1111110111010111 11111111110111 11110101110101 01011101010101 01011101111111 11011111011111 10110101110111 1101010111011101 1111010111011 11010101100111 111111011101 1101 11010101 10110101010111 1 1101110 010101 0111110 110111 1101010 110101 1101010 110011 01111101 110101 01011101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, and, ', gold, silk, to, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, 'he, they are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by John Boyle O'Reilly