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

Black lacqueys at the wide-flung door
Stand mute as men of wood....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXbddc aaddcccccceeeafXffa aaeggghXhiiaajXcX jaaffccakkaaXXfX bbbXckkcXbeeflXlc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,19,17,16,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 111101 11010111 010101 01010101 01010101 1010100 010101 110010101 01011111 110001 01010101 1010101 110010101 01010101 1100011 10110111 11110111 110101 101110101 11011101 1001100111 01010101 11011111 11011111 01111011 100101010 01011111 01010100 110111 11010101 01010101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11111101 100010111 10101100 01010101 10110101 100011111 00111101 10110001 1100101101 100100100 11010101 100101100 110010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11000101 10111100 010101001 1011001011 1010101 10011101 10010101 11100111 1111 1010 101100111 1111010 11100101 11011101 11110111 11010100 110111 11110011 110111111 110101 11011110 11000111 11111101 11110101 10110101 0011 1101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, on are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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