This is an analysis of the poem The Dying Hour that begins with:

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OH! watch me; watch me still ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcX dedeX fefXX cacaa ghgha bebeX gXgcX ieieX jkjkl alaXa mcmcX dadaX gngnX aaaaX bXbiX oXoXX oXohX phphX ceceX qhqhX oeoeX fefXXXmama
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111 10111010 011110 1101010 1 111101 0111010 111111 1111110 1 111111 0111110 111111 1110100 1 1111001 1101011 010111 1101111 1 111101 11101010 1011101 1101010 1 111101 1111010 111111 0111010 1 010111 1101100 111111 0111010 1 011111 11001110 111101 0111110 1 011101 0111110 100101 01011110 1 111101 1111010 1110111 01001010 1 111111 10111110 110101 0111010 1 111111 1111111 110101 1101111 1 111011 1111010 111111 00111010 1 111010 1101011 111111 1111111 1 111101 0111110 111011 0111010 1 110111 10111100 1010101 0101110 1 111101 101001010 1011111 01111110 1 110111 11111110 1111111 1101110 1 111101 1101110 01101000 001011010 1 0011111 1101010 00100101 11101110 1 111111 00111110 0101011 1111110 1 111111 11001010 011111 0101010 1 111101 1111011 111111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and, thy 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, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Dying Hour;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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