This is an analysis of the poem Communion that begins with:

In the silence of my heart,
I will spend an hour with thee,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac deXe fXfX gfgf bhbh ieie acab iXid eiei bhbh aiai bfcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010011 10111001 1111101 1010100 1111101 1100111 1111101 1111101 1011101 1010111 1011111 1001001 11111011 1010011 1111110 1100011 1111111 1101101 1010101 1110101 1111101 11100101 1110111 1011101 1010111 0110100 1010101 1110111 1111111 1111111 1011101 11111011 1111111 1111101 1111100 1110101 1111110 1110101 1111001 1110101 1111111 1110101 1010111 1110101 11111001 1111101 1111100 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word i 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 Communion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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