This is an analysis of the poem Wheat Grains that begins with:

AS grains from chaff, I sift these worldly rules,
Kernels of wisdom, from the husks of schools: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bccdd Xaa Xee Xcc bffddgg bgg Xhh Xeeee Xii ghXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,3,3,3,7,3,3,5,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 1001000101 1 0100010101 1111110001 1111010101 1111110101 1 0110011111 0001110011 1 1001011101 1111011101 1 1101010100 1111110101 1 1011011101 1001010001 11010101001 1010111110 1111010011 0101000101 1 0101111101 1101010101 1 0101110101 11010110111 1 0101110101 1101010111 01001110101 10110110101 1 0101111101 1111110101 1 1111011101 11011111110 1110010111 10011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, ', god, love are repeated.

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

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

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