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

Can I find True-Love a gift
In this dark hour to restore her,...

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: ababcbcbbdX efefghghhdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 001100010 11010101 111101010 10011101 011101110 11111111 101101010 111101010 11110101 11111100 1011101 11110101 01010101 11010101 11111101 11111101 11011101 11110101 11110111 01110111 01110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, her, and are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' 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 The Promised Lullaby;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Robert Graves