This is an analysis of the poem To My Father that begins with:
Where Messina lay
violet upon the waters, among the mangled wires...
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: XaaXbcXdeafaXeghXadigX ebeXiiaajkgeakbgihcfj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 100010100101010 110110101 11001100 1001101111 01110101010 10101111 000111111 11101001 11101010 1101010010 0111110011 10110100100 110101001 11011100 1101 010011001 1101001001 10100111010001 101001001010010 011010101 010010101 1111111 0010111111 111101110 111111 010010101010 111111010 010101 11001001100 1100101110 1010101110 010100010 1001 01010101 100010010 1111011 11111100 010001011110 0111001111 10100011010 11110101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 798
- Average number of words per stanza: 147
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, you are 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 To My Father;
- 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.
