This is an analysis of the poem Opera Lesson that begins with:

These Indian pictures never lie.
Their rules against extravagant innocence...

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: XaXabXccadeeXb baffbXda XeXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101 11010100100 111010001110 11001011 101011010 10011111 111001011 010111111 010010101 01001010010 0101110101110 110111110 0100101001 11010 1010100101110 010111101 1101101111 11010100011010 0101011010110100 10110101101010 110100110010010 10110101011 111111101110 11110110110 1011101110 010010111 101100101100 110010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; in, your are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Terence Winch