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

THE darkness gripped us, hot, intense;
The sea snored like some sleeping brute;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedefbfbfgfghbhbaXaXcbcbiXiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 011011101 110101001 11111101 01110111 011111010 11010111 11110101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11010011 11111111 110011101 11111101 10010111 11010101 01011101 01010111 01011101 11110101 11110101 11111101 01110101 11111101 11011111 11111101 11111110 11011101 11111101 11111101 11110101 11011111 11010111 10110101 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 245
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; one, it, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, strained, it are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Tidings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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