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

Under the malicious glints of the clouds
the Kitakami, grown twice in width, perhaps ten times in volume,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXabacaXXaaXXdXaXcXeedb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101001 0100011010111010 1101 101010110100101 010110 010101011 101010010 010101101 10011 1101010100 101011 01111000111001 10001101 111111111 11011001 100110101 11010 110110010 1010010 1101101 110101 11001100011 1101110 1100100110011011 1100010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!