This is an analysis of the poem The Innocence that begins with:

Looking to the sea, it is a line
of unbroken mountains....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa Xbc cXabd dXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010001 001010 0001 00011 11010 0001 1100010 10101 11 0010100 1100 11101 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • 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; it is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

    The author used the same word it 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 evidence is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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