This is an analysis of the poem The Vanishers that begins with:
Sweetest of all childlike dreams
In the simple Indian lore... full text
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: abab cdcd eaeX fefe caca gXga cgcg hihi jcjc kdkd gbgb cici dldl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111 00101001 1010101 0011101 1010111 1011111 100111001 0011001 0010101 1010111 1011101 0010100 1010001 1010101 1110111 1110111 1010101 1100101 0110101 1011101 10011101 10101001 0011101 0011101 1111101 1111101 1010111 1111101 1110101 0010101 1110111 1000111 1000101 1110111 1110101 1010101 1010111 1010111 1011111 1011111 1011101 1010111 1111111 1110101 1011101 1111101 10111001 1111101 1110101 1011101 1110111 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of, and, that, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Vanishers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
