This is an analysis of the poem Discipline that begins with:
Close the starry dream‐portal,
We must tread earth again,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabacdcd ebebaf af dadaXfdf bgXgahah ijijXfgf dfdfklkl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,2,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100 111101 1011010 111101 1111010 101011 1011010 101001 1011111 111011 1011011 111011 1011010 111011 1011010 111101 0010110 1111011 0010010 101101 001100 101111 0010010 111101 0011001 101001 1011110 101101 1011010 101011 1010010 101011 1011110 01001 1010110 010001 1111110 001001 1011111 100101 1110110 011101 110110 001101 1111110 101101 1011110 101011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Discipline;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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