This is an analysis of the poem Advent that begins with:
This Advent moon shines cold and clear,
These Advent nights are long;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdXd efefghgX ijXXihiX gXXXeheX fafadede bjbXeeee ekeklclX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111111 111111 11111101 111101 10100111 110101 11011001 010101 01010101 010101 010110011 010101 10100111 010101 11110111 1111010 10010101 010101 100101101 1111110 11110101 010111 11110101 111111 10010101 11010010 11111101 1111110 10111101 000111 01111111 101100 11110111 010111 01111101 111101 11111111 110111 00101101 010111 11010101 111111 11010101 111101 10111111 111111 10111101 111111 10111101 101111 11111101 110101 11111101 1101001 11111011 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; we, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, with, we are repeated.
The author used the same word one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Advent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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