This is an analysis of the poem Lenore that begins with:
Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever!
Let the bell toll!- a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccc ddccX ccdXdeee ffXfggXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001010101010 1011010111010010 11011111111101 11111101111101 1101001010100101 11010101110111 01100101011111 1001101011100101 11110101110111 1101001010100101 111101011101001 100101001111110 10001111110101 11011100011111 01011101000011101 1011101111101 1 10011101111101 01010101110101 01110101010101 10010010100101010 011001011101010 01110010101010 10 11111101010101 1101101110011 11011101110110 1101010100100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 428
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; her, for, that, by, died, upon, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, from are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines young, eyes are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word young at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Lenore;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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