This is an analysis of the poem Wild Deer. that begins with:

Where are you O Wild Deer?
I have known you for a while, here....

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: aa bb cc dd ee Ff gg bb dd hh aa bb ii bb dd ii bb dd ee dd Ff bb cc dd ff jj ii cc kk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11111011 110111010 0111111110 110101101 01111010100 11100101 1110111 111111010 001001001010 0110101111 1000101001 00101011 1010001001 110100111 0101011101 111010001 01111101 101111011 11010111 00111101 11010111 1101101 11110101 1010111 10011011 11100111 101011001 1010010101 11101101 010011011 010011101 01000111 0011010101 0110010001 1001010110 11101010 011110010 110101101 11011101 0110101111 1110001011 1101111001 1000111101 11110101 101100101 10111101 11000101 001001101 10110001 011001 101011001 00110101 10011101 101101 110011011 000101001 1011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; both, with are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi