This is an analysis of the poem The Raven that begins with:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbX dbXbbb ebcbbX dbcbbb ccbeXXb cbXbbX fdbfgbbb cbXebXX abcbbX abfebXX ebdbbX cfbcbbX cbcXXb dbggbXX BhbfbXX BhbXbXX XXbebgXX cbcXbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,7,6,8,7,6,7,6,7,6,7,7,7,8,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111011101110 10100111001000101 1110101010011010 101110101011101 111001101011101 10011010 1010101001001010 1110110101010101 1001101010111011 011100101010101 1011100101010101 1011101 1010101010011010 111100101010101 1110101001111010 111001001011101 111001001011101 00011010 1001111010101110 111110101010101 1010111011101110 111011101011101 111111111110101 1011101 100110101111100 10 101011101010101 1010101010101110 1010111010101100 0110111010101100 1001101 1000101011101110 101110101110101 100111001010111010 111111001010001 111010101010001 10111010 101110101010011 10 011010100010101 101100111001111 1 101011101011101 101010101011101 1111101 10100101011100010 101110100010001 11101110111111 10 1011101010000101 11111010101010010 10101000 11100001010110110 101010101010001 1110101011101010 101110101010101 111010101010101 01111000 1010101010101110 111100101111011 1010111010101110 1110111010111 01 1010101111111100 10111000 1010101010111010 101110100010111 1010101011000010 101110101011101 101000111010101 0101000 1010101011100010 11101010101111 1 1010101011011010 1010101010100101 1010101011100101 10101000 0110101011100010 0011100111001101 0111101001111010 1010101010101010 11101001000101010 1111101 1100111001010110 111001101010101 1111111111101 111 101011001100001 111011010101100 10101000 10111010101011 10 101011101011101 1001101010101010 101110101110101 0101100111111100 10101000 10111010101011 10 1110110111111101 1010101000101010 011010101010101 10111001010101100 10101000 1111101011111 100 1110001010101001 1111101001111110 111000101010111 11101111111011 1 10101000 1010101010101010 101010101011101 1011101000101010 101010110101110 1 111011111110101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- 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; for, i, and, word, he, ', that, my, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, perched, leave, and are repeated.
The author used the same word 'prophet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines door, lenore, ', explore, bore, yore, o'er, floor are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words more, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Raven;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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