This is an analysis of the poem Light that begins with:
Light! Light! let it shine in our hearts, however dark the world nay be.
let it flow from our hearts, however somber the horizons may be....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXcXXcXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101111010110 10101111010001010 111100100101001101010 1101001101010001 1101110111101001 100000101 100110101010000101 001001101 11010101010101001 10010101010 101101111010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 685
- Average number of words per stanza: 134
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, light, it, and, there are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines be is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Light;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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