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

IT fell in the ancient periods
Which the brooding soul surveys,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa XbccddddXaeeffggeegXhhaabbddgg bXeeggddeeddaaiijjgghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,30,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010010100 1010101 110011101 00100111 0101010 1010101 10101010 110101110 1010111 0011100 0110001 101111 1010110 1100111 1011101 111100101 0011101 11010101 1010001 01010001 1010011 10110111 01011101 10011101 11010101 01010101 01111111 01010101 10010100 01110101 01010111 01001101 11011101 1110010 011101001 1010010 010110001 011100001 10101010 00101010 1110111 01010101 1000101 11000101 1110101 001001011 11111101 1010101 11000101 1010101 010001010 10101010 110000101 11010101 10110101 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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

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