This is an analysis of the poem St. Andrew's Bay that begins with:
NIGHT.
Ah, listen through the music, from the shore,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXbbccaXccdd X aeaaaeeceeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1101010001 0100010101 0101010101 0111010001 10101010111 1101111101 10101010011 1001111000 1111110101 1111010101 1101110101 1011110101 10 01010001 010001 110101101 01000101 01011101 111100 10010101 101101 01010111 01110111 01110111 1101100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'forget, the are repeated.
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- summary of St. Andrew's Bay;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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