This is an analysis of the poem Meditation By The Stove that begins with:

I have banked the fires
of my body...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccXdefgfcfahaXaXfgceaadcfhbae Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 0110 00011101 10010 101101001 1010011 10101 1011110010 0100101001 100010101 111011 11000101 1111010 0110101011 01001 01001110101 01010111 1111010010 1001011 1101011100 1110111001 0010100101 010011110010 0110101001 11010101 011110101 11010110 111100 010101110 11110100110 00010101110 01111101 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of Meditation By The Stove;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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