This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Artichoke that begins with:

The artichoke
With a tender heart ...

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: abcbbdefedXddfbdghddXijXebahcbeXXejbXkhkehjdcdjcdgj bhldbdabbmbXmdlfcfhb djXfahfikbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 51,20,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 00101 1110100 10101001 0110 1001 001 0100 101 010100 100 110111 101 0011 010 001110 110 011 1101010 110101 010 100001 01011 01101 001001 101 101 10010 110100 10 101 100 111 111 011010 101010 010111 010110 0010 101011010 1101 01 0111 010100 0 010 00101 10110 0110 101 00101 1 1 010 1 0010 110 1101 110100 101001010 1010110111 110 11001 0011 00101 0010110 10 0100 01 110010 11000001 11 01 001 001100 1011101 1 111 111 01000 11 0101 0011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 493
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Pablo Neruda