This is an analysis of the poem Natural Magic that begins with:

All I can say is--I saw it!
The room was as bare as your hand.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbaXXa adbbdaeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 01111111 11001101011 001001001111 11111111011 1011111011010 1110101111000 011110100010000 010010110 11110110 01111111 11110101001 11011101101 11001011111 110111110010 011010110110 110110110110 010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The author used the same word all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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