This is an analysis of the poem Big Wind that begins with:

Where were the greenhouses going,
Lunging into the lashing ...

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: aabbcXcbdXXceXfddfcgcfceXdbXgXfad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011010 1000010 11010 111010 10101 11100101 1011 100110 0001010 100101 101001 1011 1011 1001 10011 10111 10010101 101111 1111 1001011 11101 1111 11000100 011101101 100011 1000011 11100100 100101 10110101011 100101001110 101010011 11010110 1000111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 971
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Theodore Roethke