St. Agnes' Eve by Alfred Lord Tennyson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem St. Agnes' Eve that begins with:

Deep on the convent-roof the snows
Are sparkling to the moon:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdada ececfgfgdbdb ahahibibXcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1100001 110101101 111101 011001010 110101 110001010 111011 11110111 110101 10110001 101101 11111111 010101 10110101 010101 11110101 110011 10110111 011100 110101111 111111 111101001 010111 11100101 010111 11010101 110101 11011101 111101 110100111 011101 01000100 110111 01010101 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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.

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