This is an analysis of the poem Hist! that begins with:
Hist! . . . . . . Hark!
The night is very dark,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba ccdcbcXX aaca ddbdecfX ccdc ccgcehch Xaca bbabeaXa ddcd ccfciiaiXgdid
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 010101 11010111 010101 11 10001 01011111 101101 01111101 011001 11010101 111 11 11111 0010101 010101 11 010001 01111101 110010 1101101 11101 11011101 111 11 111111 11111101 010101 11 10111 01110101 010101 1101101 11101 11011101 011 110 11101 11110101 010101 11 110101 1011101 010101 1101101 00001 1011101 111 11 10101 01010101 010111 11 111101 11011111 110111 1111 1111101 101001 111100 11011010 110101 11101101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; run, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Hist!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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