This is an analysis of the poem Aha! Beware that begins with:
Aha! Beware! I know your guilty past!
I was a witness of that secret crime.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc adadee bfbfgg heheaa ififaa fafagg ghXhee ididcc aiaiXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111101 1101001101 1111110111 1111 1110110101 111111101111 1101110101 1111000111 11000011101 1011 1101110101 11010111111 0111010111 1101011101 0111011101 1001 1101010101 1101011111 1111011111 0111010111 1101110111 1111 1101110101 1101110111 0101110111 0111011101 1101001111 1111 1111011101 1100110001 1111010111 1111010101 1111010101 1101 1101010111 1101011111 1101110101 0111011101 1111111100 1111 1111010111 1001110101 1100010011 0100001100 1101011111 1111 1011110111 1101010001 1011111101 1110111111 1111111101 1101 1111110100 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; i, you, know, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, 'twas are repeated.
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- summary of Aha! Beware;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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