This is an analysis of the poem Longfellow that begins with:
Across the sea the swift sad message darts
And beats with sudden pang against our hearts.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXbeecceefXccggffeehhii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101011101 1101010111 1001100111 01000111111 1101011101 0111110111 10110010111 0111011111 1001110101 11011101001 1111000101 1101010101 1101011101 1111111111 1101010101 0101010101 11010110010 1011000101 01001010101 0111101101 0101000101 01010010101 010111010010 01010111010 1001000111 100101111 1111110111 100101000111 0101110101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1346
- Average number of words per stanza: 241
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Longfellow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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