This is an analysis of the poem A Man's Reply that begins with:
That heart were something cold, I think,
That on the light of stars relied... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbbadedbbXfgfbbfdddcccHdheehXddffhhbHaa Xc dd aa ee hX gg ii gg hh jj ff kk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 11010101 110101100 001101001 01010101 11000111 11110101 01010101 01010101 01100101 01110101 11011101 01010110 11111101 01110101 110001101 010101101 01010111 01001111 01010111 00111101 01011101 01010101 11010101 11001101 11000101 11010101 01110101 01011110 110010101 01101111 01110100 11000101 11010001 1110010101 01011101 01011111 11111111 11110101 11000101 10111011 11000111 110010000 01100011 11110111 11010111 11010101 11111111 11010101 01110011 11110111 01010100 11111101 11010101 11110111 01110111 11110011 11010101 11010111 10010101 11011101 10010100 01011101 01100100 10011001 00110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; know, to, that, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, the, and, to, a, of are repeated.
The author used the same word could 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 mine is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Man's Reply;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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