This is an analysis of the poem To Poetry that begins with:
In my life's youth, while yet the deeper needs
Of the inmost spirit unawakened were,...
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: aXabbcbcc babaadefd gcgcchchh ibibbjbjj ckckkckcc bjbjjajaa ididdldll mgmggmXmm jdjdfedeeXhihiijijj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111110101 001010100000 1101010101 1101010111 0101010111 1111111101 1111110101 1111110101 011111101101 1011111101 10001001101 1101110111 1101111101 1001111011 00101011100 1111110101 1100111100 010111010101 1101010111 1101011101 1101000101 1111001101 01011100101 0111000100 1011110011 1111011101 110101111101 1110111111 1011011101 1111010011 1110111111 1111010101 0101000111 0111100101 1111000101 0100100010101 1111001111 1111010101 10011011101 1101110111 11011111011 1111111101 1111110110 1111011101 1111010100101 1101111111 11001010111 1111010111 0111111111 01110110111 1101010111 0100111101 1101111100 1111011010101 11111101110 0101111001 11010101110 1101110101 0011010111 0101111111 01011111001 1101011111 010101110101 1111110101 1101110110 1101110011 0111010101 01010100001 1111010111 1011110010 1111111101 100101111111 1111010111 11010101101 1101100101 1011011111 1111000100 1111100101 1101111110 1011000101 110111110101 00011100101 1101110111 0111110111 01111001001 0111011101 1101011101 01010010001 1110011101 111101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 90
- 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; and, my, to, thee, i, us, of, had are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, if are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Poetry;
- 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.
