This is an analysis of the poem Ophelia that begins with:
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On the calm black water where the stars are sleeping...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xbcd Xefc Xceg eecc X geXX hXef hdXc ieca X ddcb X aXXcX XhXh XgiX XdXh XXXXd XXeX XXXX XXig XXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,1,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 101110101110 1010110110 11010100011 001111110101 11101001010 110110101110 11101000110 11001000101 011001101001 011101100010 01001111010 01011001101 0101010110010 111100010010 110101011001 0010010100101 1 1101010011 11111011010 010101000110011 1101011001010 010101110111 111001101 0111100001010 001001101001 0101011011 110111110111 01010110111 11101011111 101101011111 110011110010 11101011 1100100101111 1 101011111 1110001010111 111111010100011 10101010110 1 1 11111110110 111011111 1110011111 110111101100 1010111111 111110111 1010111111 101011101 0111111110 1111100111 11010010111 11111100110 1101100101 111011111 1111110101 111011101 1 11101111 011101111110 11111011101 101110110 110011011100 0101110101 11110010110 111001111011 11111110011 101110110111 1101010111001 111101110 110101111 11101011111 1101010101 1100100100111 1 10111010110 111011111110 1100111111111 1110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 87
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; her, of, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words the, it, c'est at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ophelia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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