This is an analysis of the poem The Light In The Window Pane that begins with:

A joy from my soul's departed,
A bliss from my heart is flown,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaBXbXb cbXBcbcB dbdbcbcB ebXbcbcb dbXb fbfb aaghhg iibddb XgehhX aahbbh hhgjjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,4,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011010 0101101 1101010 1100101 0111010 0100101 1110111 10100101 01101110 11011011 1101100 1100101 0101110 1101001 11111010 0100101 01011110 1110111 1101110 10100101 10011010 11001001 101001010 0100101 11001110 0110101 01111010 0100101 1101010 1110111 11011110 1101101 11001010 1101001 11101100 1101001 11101010 1100101 11011010 1101101 110010 110011 1101010101 110101 010111 1001000111 011111 010101 0001001101 110101 010101 1100111111 110100 111111 1011010101 000101 111111 01010100010 101101 110111 0011001011 110101 110101 1001110101 010101 110101 11110011101 110101 101101 0111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, as, the, no are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Light In The Window Pane;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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