This is an analysis of the poem Returning Home that begins with:

And you see the two-crows-for-joy-pass that are sitting on
overhead cables and the evening moon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX bX XXc de bXa cfX de Xga fX XX X cebhbagf bf hXbecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,2,3,3,2,3,2,2,1,8,2,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111111101 1011010101 01100101100101 100101111111 100111101 101111011111010 10111110100111010 11010111 10111111011101 111110110 101010001000011100100 101011111001111110 01010100111010110 11111 11111 10101 111101010111011 0101011111 11110101010010101 1110111111000 0100 101010111010010 110001111011 101101011001010101 11111111 1110110 010011101 11000101011 11010100 1111000011 110011010 010101110 01011110 1110010 11101 1110001 101101 101101 1101001 0101 011 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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; and, of, their, you, to, your are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 Returning Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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