This is an analysis of the poem Imposed Composure that begins with:
Late at night...
As owls watch from perches high, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabaa acdX XdXccXeXbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1110101 11111 110111 0110 00110101 0010001 101 11101 0111111 1011010 1000111 11001011 1110110010 001 0001 10101110101 1001010111 101010 0101011110 101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Imposed Composure;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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