This is an analysis of the poem Evening Solace that begins with:

THE human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed;­... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh afafedeX ijijcfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010111010 01010101 010101010 11010001 111101010 11010101 1101011010 010000111 1111001010 11010101 111111010 01110101 101111010 01011011 111111010 11111101 110111110 11010101 111111010 010101001 110101010 11011100 110100010 01110100 101111110 11011100 110111110 11011101 100100110 110101101 010111010 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Evening Solace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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