This is an analysis of the poem Epithalamion that begins with:
Hark, hearer, hear what I do; lend a thought now, make believe
We are leafwhelmed somewhere with the hood ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacccdeedcb fcfdd ddfdXXgghfgihihXdhhhXdffcddXa ffeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,5,29,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11011111011101 1110011001 011010100001 101110111101 11010101101000010101 1010100010001 11101110101110001 11111101 1010100010100010 110110 1010001 00101001 100010100 1110101010101 110101001 101000101 01101000110101001 110101011011111101 010011010001 0010101 01011 11100110010001 11010100 1011110111011101010100 111101111110101 11111110101110101 1011101011011 111110101110111 01111001 1010101 111001011 1010101011 10101010101 11101110 1101110101 111101010101 101000101 101010100001010101000111 10100010101111 1111111110111001 1010100110101 11111100011101111 011101010111 110101010001 010101001100011 1000101 111010101 101010101 0010111011 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 868
- Average number of words per stanza: 145
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
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 Epithalamion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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