This is an analysis of the poem Vestigia Quinque Retrorsum that begins with:
AN ACADEMIC POEM
1829-1879... 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: a X bX ccddeedd ffccgg hXddii bbggjjee eekkhhjjiillmmnn eenneeeXeX iiiihhjjjjbbjjooff aa nnbb pphhiiggggcX hhddhhjj iieeeXXbjjjbj bbkkqqjjffmXhhii kkiieXmXii eeeebbbbqqhheeXffhhllbbbbjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,8,6,6,8,16,10,18,2,4,12,8,13,16,10,27,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101010 11 1100101000011010 10100111 11110010111 1001010101 11011111001 0101000101 11010011101 1111011101 11010101011 0101010101 0011010101 01010011101 1101010101 11001111101 10110011101 1111110101 0111110101 11110101010 1101110111 1111111101 1011010101 1101110101 1101110001 11001000101 1001101110011 1101011101 11110001001 0101010101 1011010101 1111011101 1111101101 1101011101 1101010101 0111000101 10011101011 01010010101 1111111101 1111010111 11010001101 111001011 1101010101 1101011111 10010011101 11010010101 11000101001 1101110101 10110100001 10010101001 1011010101 0101110101 1011010101 0111001101 1101010101 11010100110 1101010101 11001110101 1101110111 11110010001 1101110101 1101011101 1111011101 1011010101 1111000101 1111110101 1101110101 11011010101 0111011101 11010011101 1101010111 1101110101 1101110101 1111110101 11001110101 1111110111 1101110101 1111100011 1101110111 11011111001 1110010101 01001010111 0101010101 01010000101 1101011111 110100100111 1011000101 1011110101 10110101001 0101011101 110110111 11010101001 1101001111 101100100101 0101111101 1111010001 1011010111 1101011001 1101010111 1101110011 1101011111 1101010111 1101011111 1111011111 1001011101 11001001001 1101001001 10010100100 01110111000 1110110101 0111110101 1101110101 1111110101 110111011 1 1111010101 10110010101 11110111101 0101010101 10111101010 10111101010 1101110101 11110010101 1011001101 0111010101 1101010101 110011101010 1001010111 1101110101 10110101001 1001011101 11001110101 1011100101 10111100101 0101010101 11110101001 0111010111 0101010101 1011110110 11001010101 0101111101 1111011101 1101010101 10111010101 01010101001 01001010101 1111010101 10111101001 010101001001 10110001010 110101010010 1101011001 1011110101 11011101010 1101111101 1011010101 1001101101 1101110111 1101011101 1111101101 1101000101 1111010101 1101011001 10101010001 1111010111 1011000101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 167
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; its, and, his, we, he, in, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, such, the, no, some are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word 1879 at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Vestigia Quinque Retrorsum;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
