This is an analysis of the poem Adventure that begins with:

Out of the wood my White Knight came:
His eyes were bright with a bitter flame,...

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: aabcccb ccbdddb eebfffX ggbhhhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 010100101 111001010 111100101 1110100111 10101111011 111001010 1011001011 10101111 11001010 10010111 101010101 1100110101 11101010 10110101 1111100101 111001010 111100111 101101111011 10100111 0010011000 111111101 011010101 111010110 1110010101 1011111111 100011101 0001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, i are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word together 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 Adventure;
  • 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 William Service