This is an analysis of the poem Who that begins with:

In the blue of the sky, in the green of the forest,
Whose is the hand that has painted the glow?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cada dede fddd agff hdhd cgeg gfdf fici cjfj Xdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010010010 1001111001 1010010010010 1101011001 1010010010010 101001111101 00101100101010 001001001101 0010010010010 001001001001 011110010110 1101001001 11011011011 11011111011 0110110011010 1011001101 1111011011010 01001011011 1111011010010 111111001001 1010110011010 111001011011 1010110111010 11001101001 110010010010 11001001001 111011110010 01011011011 1011010010010 111001111001 110111010010 11101101000 0010010010010 01001001011 010110011010 1010001111001 010011010010 101011111001 1110111010110 111011111011 0010011010110 10001101101 110111010110 111001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, he, or, his, we, have, and, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, in, we, all are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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