This is an analysis of the poem Terminal that begins with:
Riding home from credulous blue domes,
the dreamer reins his waking appetite...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcaca XaXXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101010011 0101010101 0101010101 1111010101 10001110101 0100010101 1101010011 010010101 1001000111 0101010011 110101011110 0111010101 10001001101 101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 Terminal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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