This is an analysis of the poem Not Yet that begins with:

NOT yet hath Nature, lovely colorist,
Bestirred her from creative dream to fling... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXaccddccefggefhgXXhXiaggia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111010100 10000010101 1101011101 110101 0101010101 01010111001 11010010111 011101100101 1011011101 100101 10111101001 1001011101 1101010001 0101110101 1111010101 0100101 0100000101 1100010101 1101011001 1111110101 1101100100 110101 0101110101 1001110100 1111010100 0111000101 1001010001 011101 0101110101 11010100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 208
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of Not Yet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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