This is an analysis of the poem Harlan Sewall that begins with:
You never understood, O unknown one,
Why it was I repaid...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeeaaffeacgbgXcdXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011011 101101 10101011001010 100101 1001100001011001 11111001011 1101011001 1101010 11110111010 1110111110 11011101 111110101 110100101 111111110 1100011 01110010010 11110100 01110101 110100100 111001001 1001110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 782
- Average number of words per stanza: 140
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Harlan Sewall;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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