This is an analysis of the poem Uninterrupted Poetry that begins with:

From the sea to the source
From mountain to plain...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdabefXaXbaghdXhiXhejaihjhdfhgggehcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001 01001 101001 011101 1011 01010101 1010 1101010 101011 110011 01010110 101101110 11100101 101011 01010010 1101111 11110010 111101 1110101 111001 10100101 10100011 011101 011101 10101001 001101 0001010 011010 111101 10010 010101 1101011 1111111 111010101 111011001 010011 111011011 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1019
  • Average number of words per stanza: 205
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, heart, in are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Uninterrupted Poetry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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