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

O Candle! I am also an afflicted person in the world assembly
Constant complaint is my lot in the manner of the rue...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa ab cd bd ed fd gg ef Xg hf fX dd bb cc ffii bbdh jjgb jj kk gg df fXjj gkkXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,4,4,2,2,2,2,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101010001010 10010110010001 110100101001 01101010111 101001000101001011101 010001001010001010101 11110100101010 110010010001010 10101000100101010 110100010101001010 1110101100 011100010110010 11010101001001 110010101011 1111011101001 11111010001010 1101100000100100 111101010000101 0110010001010 11101001110 0010011110 010001010101001 010100111100101001 100101000100101001 10100101000100 10010011100100 11011100100101 01010011001001 0011100110010 011010101010 11110010001010 01010101010110 110111010010011 11010010001011 11010010100100010 0100100101010011 1000011010101001 10010111101101 11011001001001 1101001101010100 101010110010111 01000001000111 101010111011 11010100001111 01110001101 11010010100 1100100010110010 01010010100011100 011011100101000101 00010001001010 11011010111 11010010001011 1101011101001001 110101111011101010101101010111 0011100010101011 101011011101101 110010010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, your, in, you, pathos, this, to, i, he, as are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words your, this 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 light, alone, is, love, witness, being, was, became, am, me, i, again are repeated).

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

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

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