This is an analysis of the poem Advent Hymn that begins with:
Another mile—a year
Pass'd by for ever! And the warnings swell... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc ecce fggf hcch ieei fjjf kbbkgaag kiikXdggd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010101 1111010101 01010010101 111101 110101 1111000101 11010011101 101101 110111 11011101010 11110101010 101101 110101 0101110101 1101010101 110001 111111 1011110101 110111101 110111 101111 1101110110 1101111101 110101 110111 1001011111 1101110101 010101 111101 1001110111 0111111111 100111 111101 0101010101 01010011111 100111 110101 1011000101 1001110111 101111 110111 0101010011 1111001101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word light at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Advent Hymn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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