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

All last night I kept speaking in this
archaic language, because I had been reading...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXdXcXbXXecdaXcXe XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111000 010100111010 111001111110 0011010010001 01010110110 0111010010100 010110010101011 00100100111010 110011101 11110010101 01111010111111 010110101101101 101011111110 01100011011110 100110110100 110011001010001 01100101111 01011110101 101000101001 0100010010100 01110010111 0100000000000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 527
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, it, in are repeated.

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

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

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

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