This is an analysis of the poem The Seeker that begins with:
GOOD People, by your fires to-night
Sit close and praise the red, red wood!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcacadedfeagXgchcahdedXeaiaifbfabbibXibfbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111001 11110111 01010101 0111011100111100 1111100001 01111101 110001111 01110111101101011 110101001 11010101 11011111 1100101111111111 1 10110111 010101110 011001110 11010101110111010 11111111 111111101 11111101 111111111111111 1 01011111 11110111 11111111 110111110100110 1 00110101 11111110 11111111 0101110101011111 11101111 11111101 11011001 110111001011101 11 01011110 11110100 11111101 11110011110111 11 11011111 010111001 01011101 1101010111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1814
- Average number of words per stanza: 358
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ye is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Seeker;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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