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

O Candle! Why does the moth love you?
Why is this restless soul devoted to you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa XX XX bb XX cc XXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110110111 10010101001 1110101100 0110010001 0100000010110010 0001000100110 10101100101 11101010000101 01111001001 010110101111 1001100100101 011010110101 0111000101010 11011000110 01101101001 01111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of, it, your, this, small are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, life, heart, light are repeated).

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

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