This is an analysis of the poem Initiation that begins with:
I sat far out on the sound's still shore,
The skies were smiling;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcc Xbdbee Xfgfdd egaghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111 01010 1101011110 01010 011000101 011110101 010100111 01110 010100111 01010 111101010 11100010010 110110111 01110 011100101 11010 0101001011 1101001011 1101111010 11010 111101111 10010 0101111111 010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Initiation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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