This is an analysis of the poem The Task: Book Ii, The Time-Piece (Excerpts) that begins with:

...
... full text

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: abcXcbdedXfXggbaheXeXXbXdgdibihjhfXdXhfafhbbeckgX ddXdhabidbbebcbbhclkjegbcbjhclXdekccfccddcljbaXeXccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,49,52,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001111111 1101110101 1101110101 1001011111 0101111101 0101110101 1111011101 1101011101 0101111001 0101010101 0111010101 010010001110 0111110111 1111110101 1111001101 1101011111 1101100101 11100001101 0110010111 1001010011 1101011111 110101110010 0101110111 1111010101 1111111111 0101110101 0001001101 1110111101 0101110111 1101010101 01101000101 1101010101 11110100001 1111011100 0101010111 1001010101 1101010101 0101001101 1101100101 1111010101 0101010011 0101100101 01010110011 1110010001 1001010101 1101010111 1111111101 1111110101 0101010101 1001000101 1101010111 11001010100 0101010101 1111110001 10101010011 0100011101 11011111001 0101000111 1001010011 1111010101 1111010101 1101110101 1101000101 1101110101 0111010101 1100110101 11101000101 1101010101 1111111111 1101010001 01001110101 01010100001 1101011101 0101011101 1101011101 10010110001 1101010101 1111010101 0100111111 11111010111 0101010101 0101010101 0101110101 1110100101 1110011101 1101110001 0101000111 1111011101 1001010001 1111000101 0101111101 0101111101 0101111101 01010100111 10110001101 1101111100 1101000101 0001000101 1101010111 0101011001 0111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1502
  • Average number of words per stanza: 257
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; be, thy, and, as, of, in, his, or, that are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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

  • summary of The Task: Book Ii, The Time-Piece (Excerpts);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by William Cowper