This is an analysis of the poem The Knight's Return that begins with:

Hark! hark! hark!
The lark sings high in the dark.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbbbbAA AAccccAA X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 0111001 001100111 010100101 11110101 1001101011 111 0111001 111 0111001 1111011111 1111011111 1011011101 1101011011 111 0111001 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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; hark, by are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, long are repeated.

    The author used the same word hark at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word dark at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Knight's Return;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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