This is an analysis of the poem Exploring Those Adventures that begins with:

I have not witnessed the Scottish Pine,
With branches crooked as those...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXc ddbb dabbdebe fXbbabbgeg efechefeXXXbhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,8,10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100101 0101011 0011101 10101 11001 111101 1101101 1111111 1011011 11011 110111 11010 11001010 1111111110 111 11001011 11101 100101010 010001011 0110101011 00101011 10101 10010101 1011 0111 11010 10011 0111101 1001010100 11 11111 1010111 11100111 011110 0100100 1010100110 0111 1000010 0101010 111101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i 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 Exploring Those Adventures;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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