This is an analysis of the poem The Wind-Struck Music that begins with:
Ed Stiles and old Tom Birnam went up to their cattle on the
bare hills...
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: abXcdefgXfhXhXfcXgijXgXaebggbjXgidegX jXfXXiXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111011011010 11 011101010100111 11101011010 00101101001011101 010111001 1101000111101011 110111 111111010010010 110110111 11011101110110 1000111001110 111101010101010 01111011010 10111101101011 110011101110 110111110111011 1010011111 1001 10011111100 11010 10101101010111 1111011001010 1101110101101110 110111 0111010110110010 011111 11111101011 0101011011111001 1000101110110110 01011100 1101011110111101 10100111 111011111111 1111101111 110100011100111 11110 011111010 1101010101 0101010110111010 1101101011 111101011100110 1101011 1110101001100011 101101000011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1119
- Average number of words per stanza: 209
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, saw, you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Wind-Struck Music;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Robinson Jeffers
- Analysis of The Great Sunset
- Analysis of The Songs Of The Dead Men To The Three Dancers
- Analysis of The Dead To Clemenceau:
