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

He faints with hope and fear. It is the hour.
Distant, across the thundering organ-swell, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXcD cXccedeD ddcccddD fXfcdddd efefgdgD bcbcgXgD cXcgcdcd hihiedeD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011100010 10010100101 01100001010 1011101101 10010101010 11010101100 111101001011 1011010111 1001010011 001111001000 1001010001 11010001001 1110010001 0111111101 1101010101101 1011010111 1101010011 1011110001 1011010101 01100010100 11010100001 1101010101 111101110111 1011010111 1011010111 1001111110 1101010111 1101010101 10011011101 1011010101 110101010101 1111010111 1001010101 1101010111 1101010111 10111010101 1100111111 1111011101 110110111101 1011010111 1011110111 1111001101 1011011001 1101110101 1001010001 110100111000 1010111110111 1011010111 1011010111 11010101000 1001110001 1111010101 1101010101 1001010101 0101111100100 10110010111 11010101001 1111001101 1101111101 1111111111 10110010011 10110110101 111111010001 1011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; he, and, his, so are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words each, and, how are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word waits at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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