This is an analysis of the poem Love Calls Us To The Things Of This World that begins with:
The eyes open to a cry of pulleys,
And spirited from sleep, the astounded...
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: abcbcdXXa eaeefagech ihehjdkei lmgadmhfnX aialnjaa maiagdehikX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,9,10,8,11,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110001010 1100010010 1 110101001 10 111 1101010 010101010 10 1101111 010 11011101 11 1111001001 1 010010101101 1 0011010100 10 1111001 010 0100101 101010 110111011 0010 111011010 11111001 011 01100010010 0010010100 11 11 10110101 1110 1011010010 1 111010010 100 11010100 0011011 110 010111010 1 00101010101 00111011 110 10010110 10 110110101 01 110111100 01 1010011001 10 0110 101100 1000 0101101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, in, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word from is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Love Calls Us To The Things Of This World;
- 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.
More information about poems by Richard Wilbur
- Analysis of Parable
- Analysis of Boy At The Window
- Analysis of A Baroque Wall-Fountain in the Villa Sciarra
