This is an analysis of the poem Hesperus that begins with:
Through the starry hollow
Of the summer night...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABabXb bcXcXc dbdbeb dfdfef egeghg fhXhehXabABeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 00101 111010 10001 01010101 010001 100010 01111 111110 011001 11001101 111001 10110 10101 101010 10101 00101010 10011 101110 10101 101010 10111 01110101 110101 101010 00101 1101010 110101 11010101 010101 1101110 111101 1111010 010101 11010101 010111 111110 01111 101010 00101 1010101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Hesperus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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