This is an analysis of the poem Encounter that begins with:
Those who have touched it or been touched by it
Or brushed by something that the vine has brushed,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabc dXbd ebfe egcf ghhe eXfa eXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111010110 1111010111 1100111011 1101010001 0101010100 0101011011 01010001101 1001011100 11010011110 0101100101 110111011 1101010101 1000110101 11011101110 110010001101 1101010001 1101111110 1110110001 101010111 11010111010 0111000110 0111111001 1101011101 1011111100 1101100101 1001111001 0100011000 00111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; touched, it, or, leaf, some, and, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, a are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Encounter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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