This is an analysis of the poem The Future Of Hands that begins with:

All winter
The trees held up their silent hives...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbccdefdeghiaejciklbhcefac cfbambmmlf dbXadi Xi l kb emlb gbfcabiaijXmcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,10,6,2,1,2,4,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 01111101 10110 111110111 1101011111 11011010 0001 111111010 1010010 101010 11011 11110100 11011 0100100101 11010111 11101010 010010 1001011011 100101 100010111110 01 0110110 11101 000111011 101001001 11011100 1111110 0100 1101 1111 11001010 111110001 01010110 001000101110 10110110 111001 0010101 01001100011 11101111010 1100 11111 110100011 11100010 1111001011 10101 1011001 111101101010 11011101 1011 1110111 010011110 10010111 010111110 1001101010 00101 1111010 01111100 111000100101 110101010 1111 1011100010 0100010 000111110 10011 01100101010101 01011 001001 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words which, i, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of The Future Of Hands;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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