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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