This is an analysis of the poem In An Almshouse that begins with:
Oh the dear summer evening! How the air
is mellow with the delicate breath of flowers ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXbccdcdefggfeh bijjkcbagbbeeb eblbkmaiabncogdgpgcddqgbbeb bagbfhei fbcbleblXekegfbc ejagmbmanlecXXebbcrriblffc dgeemceXe bdddggsjccncgellbsepfXefln dnnbeffbdbdfdlXeg XjjXebmnfegdm bbcXebbebtndjabcnlc fdebbclk cffXdkbeqmmtldgadaddedroisgeeetcmecbn jscll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,14,27,8,16,26,9,26,17,13,19,8,37,14,40,24,17,22,49,6,7,12,6,10,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 787
- Average number of words per stanza: 148
- Amount of lines: 451
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, from, in, life, i, how, and, see, one, what, words, his, he, my, with, work, that, still, to, this, it, its, me, not, day, no, you, would, she, as, bye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, and, in, on, with, my, to, the, how, i are repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines one, words, love, life, forlorn, day are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases near, she connect the lines.
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- summary of In An Almshouse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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