This is an analysis of the poem Ned Connor that begins with:
’TWAS night—and where a watery sound
Came moaning up the Flat,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcdcX efefgf hbhbhb hbhbhb ihihhh jajaga aiaiXi dadaXa khbhbh afafaf kaXaia bkbkbk bgbgbg ahaheh eeeeee lblbbb gbgbab Xghghg beXebe bhbhmh hXhnXn ofofof aeaeae aheheh kakaea egegeg bgbgeg kababa fpfpfp mbmbmb mXmfmf bkbkik aaaaaaXghahah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101001 110101 11110101 1101101 11111101 010101 1100101101 110101 11010111 010101 11010001 110110 01011101 110111 10101101 010111 11111111 011101 11010111 111111 11010111 110101 101101011 111011 01011101 110111 11010101 1100111 11110101 110101 1101111001 111101 01010001 011101 11010111 111111 11011111 011111 11110101 011011 11111101 1101111 0101001001 110101 11011101 010101 11111100 110111 11010001 110101 00110001 110111 01110100 1100001 11011101 110101 11010111 100101 11000101 1010111 11110111 100101 00111101 111111 11011001 110101 11000101 110111 11110101 110101 10110101 010101 11010101 110101 11110111 011111 110101001 110101 11110101 011101 11110111 1101001 01110111 1110111 11010111 110101 11100101 111101 01010101 110101 111101001 110101 11011101 110011 11010111 111101 01011011 111111 11010101 110001 11110101 110100 11010101 011101 110010101 111001 11010101 110011 11100110 110101 11011111 011101 01011101 111001 111100101 110001 11011111 111101 11011111 110101 110101001 010101 11110101 111111 01011101 110101 111110111 0011101 11010101 111011 111111110 111111 11010101 110111 11010101 100111 11111001 110111 11010111 010101 01111101 010101 100010101 010111 01011101 110101 11110011 110100 11111111 111111 010100101 011101 11110101 1100111 11010101 110001 10100101 111101 11110101 011101 100110101 111001 11110101 011101 110101001 010001 01010111 010001 11111111 010011 11011111 010101 11110111 110111 11111111 01001 11010011 100101 11011101 011001 111101001 011101 11010111 110001 01011111 010101 11110101 110010 11011111 110111 01111011 010111 11110011 111101 11111111 0110001 11101101 110101 11110001 011101 11111111 110101 11010101 0101001 01010111 110001 0101101 010101 11111101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 35
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 210
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, i, his, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, they, and, but, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ned Connor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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