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

A sense of sadness in the golden air;
A pensiveness, that has no part in care,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab aaXaaX ccdccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101000101 01000111101 1001011111 1001010001 10010000101 1101011100 0100010101 10111001001 10010111001 0101011101 10001011101 10010011100 01000011111 0100101111 1001010101 0101011111 110010101001 01011000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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

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

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

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