This is an analysis of the poem Tunnel Visions that begins with:

Whatever appears is there to make it,
Chosen with it done to do....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcbddbeXa ABad cddffe ABfdfd XBfBaBaBf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,6,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101010 1000101 110010101 11000101 100111010 01101 11111101 110001 1011101 010 1100101010 1000101 010101 11000010 11101001 01101010 111011101 010101 011101 1010000100110 1100101010 1000101 101001100 0101011 100010111 10111011101 1010101100 00101 101010110 00101 1010010101 00101 11001100001 00101 1101011100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to, it, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

  • summary of Tunnel Visions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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