This is an analysis of the poem Another that begins with:

Phoebus make haste, the day's too long, be gone,
The silent night's the fittest time for moan; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffccccaagggghhiiffaajjkkffiidd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011011101 0101010111 1101101111 1111010101 1001001111 0101001101 00111001111 1101010101 0110011111 1101000101 1101111101 1111011101 1011111101 11001110101 1111011101 1101100111 01011011101 10011101001 11001100111 1111110111 1101011111 1101111101 1111111101 1101010001 1111111111 1111011001 1111111101 1111111101 1101111101 0101010101 1101011111 0101010101 1111100110 01010101010 1101000101 11001010011 1111111101 011100111 1101011111 1111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1808
  • Average number of words per stanza: 340
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, he, or, in, thou, day are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my, or, o are repeated.

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

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