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

The man sits in a timelessness
with the horse under him in time ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXb baac ddda bccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001000 00110101 00100111 010101 10100011 01001011 11100 1101010 0110 11110101 1011 110101 01010001 0111110 01010 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word a 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 burning is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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