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

DECEMBER 15, 1874
I SUPPOSE it's myself that you're making allusion to... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaaaabb XcaaddeedX ddddfffXXdgg hheXffffXc Xbffccff ddXdcciiXbjjbXaaggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,10,12,10,8,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011 10101111100100 1100100110100 0111111110100 1110101110100 0110101111101 1100100101101 1110101101110 1101100100100 11111011000100 1111101110100 1111100110111 10100100100111 11110110111101 10111101101101 0111101111100 10100100101100 10110110111100 1101101110101 1100101101101 1101100111101 1110101100101 0100101110101 0101100111101 0101110100100 0111110111101 11101110110000 1110000101100 1111110100100 11101010100101 1110100110101 1111101111100 1100101111100 0101111111100 1100110100101 111010010110 0101100100100 1111100100100 1111110100100 0111110100100 1101101100111 1110100110000 10100101110100 10100100100100 10100100101100 11100111100100 11111100100000 100100110111101 00100101100100 111101011111000 11110110111100 1111111110100 1100100101111 0101100101100 01100110101100 10101101111101 1101001101101 10110100111101 0101100101100 1010111010100101 1110100101101 1100110100100 1010010011000 10111101101101 0101101110101 10111101101100 1100110110100 1101101101101 1101001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 517
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, with, he, of, i, our are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines to, do, two, 'em, about, well, of, it, for, again are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes