This is an analysis of the poem Revolving Cycles that begins with:

Shifting with the winds,
Of these times ever changing....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXad dbdefafXedfd adcbdcXfefadeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001 0111010 1101010 00100010 01 11101 0100010 110101 1010 1010101 011 0101 01001001 101001 110010 010001 100101010 0101101 1101010 010001 111110 1010 11000010 0101 01010110 10 001001010 1 101010 10 001010 00101 101100 001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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