The Student's Serenade by Anne Brontë: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Student's Serenade that begins with:

I have slept upon my couch,
But my spirit did not rest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdcdc bece bcac cdfd ghih Xgfg deie fhXh jcfcXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1110011 1010001 1110110 1011101 101101 1111111 1111101 11101111 1110101 1011101 1011101 1111111 1010101 1111101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1111111 0110111 1010101 0110101 0111101 1010011 1010101 1011101 1010111 1010001 1010101 0110101 1110001 0010101 111101 0010101 1111101 0010111 10110101 1110101 1001111 1110101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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  • summary of The Student's Serenade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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