This is an analysis of the poem Lethe that begins with:
There is a scent of roses and spilt wine
Between the moonlight and the laurel coppice;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabacdcd X bbbXbbdbD X bbXbbefed X agagaefeD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,9,1,9,1,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001010111 01011101010 0101010101 110101010010 1111110101 1001010101 01001100110 0101010101 11110100110 1 01010100101 01011010010 0111000101 111110010010 0111110111 0101010101 11010100110 0101110101 01011001010 1 1001010101 01010101010 1101011100 010100010010 1111110101 111100111001 11010111011 0101010101 11001101000110 1 0101010101 10010101010 0111010111 10010101010 11010000111 0101010101 1001101101 01010010100 01011001010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Lethe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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