This is an analysis of the poem Introductory 04 that begins with:

Again, the bride of imagination can for want of beauty not lift up her head nor raise her eyes from the feet of bashfulness to appear in the assembly...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XX a bbXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010100101011101011101110100101000010001001001010001010010001010001011011101100100010001001001100001010001100010100101001110001010001000111001010010100100100010100011001001001110101101010110010101010001001101001110110101011110001000100100100 01010000110010 010100001001010001 1000101100110101010000101111101001100101001001101010100010101000111110100101011111101110110111000101101011001001011110101001011101010 01001101101 1110110111 0011001000010 100100101001101010 11101010011001 011001001010101 1101010011111 01011011001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 496
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 165 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 29
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, his, from, to, great, they, he, men are repeated.

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

  • summary of Introductory 04;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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