This is an analysis of the poem Longing that begins with:
The hills slope down to the valley, the streams run down to the sea,
And my heart, my heart, O far one! sets and strains towards thee.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbb bbcc XXdd eeaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 011100100111001 11111111111011 11001001011101001 10111001001110101 010110110101101 10111101011010001 1011011100100111 1010100101010110101 0111001011011010 110010101101001010 1010011010110100101 111011010110100101 1101111111100101 101001010110100101 1011100100111001 11111111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 71 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word the 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).
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- summary of Longing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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