This is an analysis of the poem The Pool that begins with:

COME with me, follow me, swift as a moth,
Ere the wood-doves waken.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbcca dedeXf egfef fhhgccXiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011101 101110 101111111 101010 1011 10101001001 10101010101 101001 10011101 100100101 010110101 10111 101110110 110100101 11111110111 11101 001110 101111111 001110 1110100111 1111 1101111001 11001001001 11111101 010011101 010101101 1111110 1011101001 110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, and, sweet are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i 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 The Pool;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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