This is an analysis of the poem At The Ford that begins with:
I.
A death-like dew was falling...
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: X Xaaa bcbc X deXe ccXX adaX X aafa XdfdXcada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0111110 10110101 010110110 110101 1100111 001011010 0111010 010010010 1 010010010 111101 11101100 1111011 1111111 10101011 100110111 11001101 101011001 1101001 11111001 111111010 1 11001111 11001101 101001011 001101001 10101110 1110111 01011001 1101011 11010010 11011101 10101010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, with, face are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of At The Ford;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
