This is an analysis of the poem In An Old Farmhouse that begins with:
Outside the afterlight's lucent rose
Is smiting the hills and brimming the valleys, ... full text
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: aaaabbaa cdcdbecc aXaabbaa fgfghhii bgegjjgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100101 01001110010 1111100101 001010010010 10010111 10011111 111100101 1011100101 1100111001 10111010110 01011001001 01110110010 010101101 100101100 1011100101 1100101001 1011101001 001111011100 111100111 1011001110 001001011001 1110101111 10100100101 1110101101 1110111101 11101010110110 10111011101 101001001010 11100111 011100111 101100101 111100101 11011101 101111010 101100100 00101101010 11010101 10111100101 1111111110 00111001110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, there, with, our, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, there are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of In An Old Farmhouse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
