This is an analysis of the poem Himself that begins with:
Last night, when I was listenin’
Alone, to wind and rain,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xbcb dXeb caXa edfd dbgb hiii icgc ifaf cdhd XeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111100 010111 1101011 011101 0111010 010101 1101111 011001 1111010 0100100 01110101 011101 11010110 011111 0101011 010110 1011110 111101 1111010 1010111 1111111 110111 11110110 110001 1101011 111111 01010011 011111 1111111 010111 1111010 101111 1111011 0111010 1111111 1100111 01001110 010101 1101010 010111 0111010 011111 1011110 0011101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 him is repeated).
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- summary of Himself;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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