This is an analysis of the poem The Pipes of Pan that begins with:

In that fair land where dead and unborn meet,
Beyond the shadowy bars of time and space,...

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: abab cccc Xded acac fdfd ghgh aXah aiai Xjkj kekX aeae ajaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111111111 01010010111 0100110101 1101000101 0111110001 0111010101 1011011101 1101111111 01010101000 111010101 11011101101 1100101111 1111111101 110011101011 1101110111 1101111101 0101100101 1101000111 10011101011 10011101011 1101111101 0101011101 1101000111 0110011101 1111110101 1101010100 110001101001 0111010111 0111111111 1101100100 0101110111 1001110100 11011101010 1001010101 1001110001 1001010101 1011010101 1101010101 0101010101 0110001001 110110101 11011101010 1011000101 11010101010 1101010101 1101010101 10110011001 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, his, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Pipes of Pan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Teresa Hooley