This is an analysis of the poem Consecration that begins with:

This is the place where visions come to dance,
Dreams of the trees and flowers, glimmeringly;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacbdaeccecX X accccccaabfXbf X caaccaaceghegh X caacXaacediedi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0001110101 10011101000 1011101111 1001010101 00011101001 0101100111 1001010100 1001000101 0001110111 1101010101 0100010101 1101101101 1101110111 0101011000 1 10011100011 0101010101 0101010111 010110101001 1101100111 0101011101 0101011101 0101110101 1111010111 1001011101 1001110101 1101011111 0101010101 100101011001 1 01110101001 1111010101 1101110101 0001010001 1111010101 1111010111 0111110001 0111010100 1101011101 1101110111 0111101101 0111011101 0001010111 1101011111 1 1011010010 1100011100 0101011101 11011000111 1011111110 010011101101 1101011101 0111010111 1011111101 1111110100 1111111101 1011110111 1011011100 11110101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of, music, with, dreams are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with are repeated.

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

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

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