This is an analysis of the poem Haunting that begins with:

There is no peace amid the moonlight and the pines;
Deep in the windless gloom the lamplike thought of you...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba caac daad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101101011101 100101010101 011111010001 110101010101 110111000101 010101011111 110101010011 111111010001 100100010001 011110011101 11110101111 101111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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