In The Midnight Hour by Adrian Henri: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In The Midnight Hour that begins with:

When we meet
in the midnight hour ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCddAab B eddB B Xddfdgd B XgfdXX XdBC a AabC X XadafaeadB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,4,1,7,1,6,4,1,4,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 001110 101 1011110 10111 0011 0011 10 1010 111 110100110 1101001101 001110 1010 1110101011 101101 101101010 1001010101 1001011 100100101 10110010101 001110 1010101101000 10011 11111010 010101110101 10100100 1011001110011 1011100 011100010 001110 101 111 0011 11 10 101 1011 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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

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

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

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