This is an analysis of the poem Blackberry Pickers that begins with:

Low in the road under the withering hedge
They stand, the woman drearyand thin shouldered....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdXcaXcXbbdX XXXcXXcacb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011001001 1101010110 01110110110 1100111101 0101110111 1010111001 0111110101 100111001010 010111100101 0110010011 010100111010 10011101010 1111100101 11110110101 001011010111 101110101110 1111110111 1101011111 0011011101 11010100101 1101110101 0101110101 1111111101 1100101101001 11010001110 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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 is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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