This is an analysis of the poem The Owl that begins with:
When cats run home and light is come,
And dew is cold upon the ground,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaBBCC dXdXXCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 11111101 11010101 1011101 1010111 1010111 01110011 01100101 11010101 11010111 101110101 1110100 1110100 01110011 01100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, twice are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines round, roundelay are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word sits at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Owl;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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