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

There in the fringe of trees between
the upper field and the edge of the one...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdeeccffggaaddehhddiideaaddccjjaakk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 0101101001 0101101010 11110010 10100110 1111100100 00101100 1100110111 10110101 10011010 10111010 01111011 11101110 0110010001 110111111 1110101101 0010101110 01110010 111100110 1001011011 1001110001 1010010100 11101110 1010001010 1011011001 0010101101 101101010 1111100101 1000111001 1101101111 1010101110 1111111010 10111010 00100110 1111010110 01101110 0110010001 101111110 1110001111 011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1462
  • Average number of words per stanza: 290
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, to, and are repeated.

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

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

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

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