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

My window looks upon a wood
That stands as tangled as it stood...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeaacc ccff gghhaa ffiiff jjkkggffcc bbaXllcccc aaccll cXllllff Xccaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,4,6,6,10,10,6,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110101 11110011 01111111 010001001 100010100 11111100 100100100 11010101 11110111 11011101 11110001 11010101 110010111 100110001 101100101 1001101001 00100110101 01110101 11010101 11110101 11011101 11010101 11010011 11110111 11011100 10100101 01010100 01111111 10110101 11110101 110010101 11010101 11010101 01011001 01110101 10100001 01110101 1111101 10001101 01010101 01011100 11010101 01110100 0100101 11010001 010111110 111101010 1110101 11101101 110100111 1001001001 10011101 01010101 10010111 01010001 10010111 11010000 10110111 010101001 1101010001 11010101 11111101 11001101 11111111 010110101 111100101 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and, there's, simply are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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